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On 01/06/2022 16:23, rappard AT dds DOT nl wrote:
> Hi Jon,
> 
> Saw your mail on the Cygwin mailing list:
> 
>> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>>
>> * dialog-1.3-4.20220117
>> * ncurses-6.3-1.20220416
>> * tack-1.09-1.20210619
>>
>> Note: I'm updating these orphaned packages only because they are long
>> overdue an update. If anybody wants to take over maintainership, they
>> are more than welcome. (ncurses in particular is an important package,
>> with many packages depending on it).
> 
> What exactly is involved in maintainership? Is there a dedicated
> (cygwin.com) page that gives a thorough outline?

I think https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html#submitting 
tries to answer that.

If that's insufficiently thorough for you, feel free to ask questions on 
the cygwin list.

Brian Inglis has adopted ncurses [1], but there are plenty of other 
packages which could do with some TLC [2]...

[1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2022-May/042036.html
[2] https://cygwin.com/packages/reports/unmaintained.html

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