On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 00:04 -0600, Brandon Holbrook wrote: > Unique to my request, however, is that my package requires an upgrade of > libshout to at least version 2.0 which was released mid-2003, so doesn't > seem like an unreasonable request. libshout, it turns out, is already a > package in Extras, owned by Thomas Vander Stichele > (thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx). After a suggestion by Jochen, I submitted a RFE > in bugzilla to update libshout to 2.x, or at least create a libshout2 > package that I would be more than happy to maintain > (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=181523). Thomas, > however, has yet to comment on the RFE, and apparently according to the > Wiki's FC5Status, he has yet to rebuild ANY of his packages for FC5, > making his MIA a burden on us all, not just me. Deadbeat maintainers should be automatically disowned. No sign of life in X amount of time ==> package becomes orphan automatically. Make it a policy and put an end to debates. Easy. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
