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Re: 4th summary (was Re: [HEADSUP] ALL Maintainers, please reply.)
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:50:40 +0200
- Subject: Re: 4th summary (was Re: [HEADSUP] ALL Maintainers, please reply.)
- References: <20050915164537.GA5395@calimero.vinschen.de> <20051010130835.GA14864@calimero.vinschen.de> <434A889D.7070900@msu.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Oct 10 08:28, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> The following is useful information from me... I'm giving some guidance
> on decisions that need to be made, but I've long since relinquished any
> responsibility to make those decisions, so just ignore my advice if you
> disagree, rather than getting all uppity about how I'm not in charge and
> shouldn't be making these sorts of decisions.
>
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Sep 15 18:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> >LIST 3: PACKAGES WITHOUT REPLY FROM MAINTAINER SO FAR
> >=====================================================
> >
>
> [...]
> > cygwin-x-doc
>
> I'm listed as the maintainer in the README, but I haven't been
> maintaining this since mid-2004. Alexander Gottwald would taken this
> over, but he's not involved with Cygwin/X anymore, so I guess this
> should fall to Alan H. But, if no one takes it, it needs to go away and
> people can access Cygwin/X docos on the website.
>
> [...]
> > x-start-menu-icons
> > x-startup-scripts
>
> Alexander Gottwald is listed as the maintainer for these, but he isn't
> involved with Cygwin/X anymore, so these should go to Alan H. These
> can't really be removed... so Alan H really needs to find a maintainer
> for them if he doesn't want them.
> > xwinclip
>
> I'm still listed as the maintainer of this and I declare it obsolete.
> I'm not going to maintain it anymore and it doesn't need to exist
> anymore, so please remove it from the distribution.
I've moved it to the _obsolete group.
> > xwinwm
>
> I'm still listed as the maintainer of this. This is a window manager
> that goes hand-in-hand with a feature in Cygwin/X... but that feature
> was never finished and hasn't been updated since April of 2004. I claim
> this is dead... but it should probably be assigned to Alan H. and he can
> request that it be removed if he isn't going to pursue it any further.
Alan, could you please comment on the above raised points and packages,
cygwin-x-doc
x-start-menu-icons
x-startup-scripts
xwinwm
?
Corinna
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