Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I will take over the orphaned elvis package, unless someone else has already
> > said they'll do it.
>
> Elvis is non-free and the author ignores all mail coming from us,
> both copyright mails as well as bugreports and fixes.
We should not give up so easily. Until recently the situation seemed
similarly hopeless for ncftp.
> We have about 4 or 5 other vi clones so there is no need for
> re-packaging it. If you don't need it I'd appreciate you work
> on better packages.
4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
ae and emacs in vi-mode certainly don't count. elvis, unlike nvi and vim
is the only one with X support. We should continue to push for it to be
made free.
Please note that out of the 26 packages I currently maintain, excluding
elvis, only one is non-free. (xmame) I don't encourage non-free packages.
Martin.
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