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Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:08:36 +1100
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Subject:	Re: no more package moratorium?
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Robert Collins wrote:
>I agree. They must also *At this point* agree to maintain the package do
>upgrades feed patches to the vendor etc, and that they will announce
>publicly if they decide to stop maintaining the package with as much
>warning as possible. Packages with no maintainers are pulled after 3
>months.

And perhaps put a big "[UNMAINTAINED]" on the start of the description for 
that three months to perhaps prompt an enterprising soul to take it 
up?  (Or at least as a warning of it's immanent departure :-)  )

E.


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