General cuestions about package mantainership

[<d dot sastre dot medina at gmail dot com>]

Hello,

I'm taking into consideration the possibility of taking over the
mantainership of an orphaned package[1], but I'd need some clarifications
regarding this task, in order to decide if I am capable enough to do
it. Caution comes from the assumption of my limitations.

To me it's clear that the notion of Community implies giving back to
it, at least, within someone's own ability and knowledge. In my case, 
this limit is the lack of C programming background.

Would such a mantainer be totally useless?

To my understanding, a mantainer should be able to patch the sources
if necessary, not only build/package/publish them and act as a proxy
between bug reporters and developers.

Despite the fact that I'm probably answering myself, I'd be glad to know
your opinion.

Regards.

[1] http://cygwin.com/cygwin-pkg-maint.

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