retitle 173471 ITA: svgalib -- Console SVGA display libraries thanks Thanks Lenart.
On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 14:38, Lenart Janos wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: normal > Version: N/A (date: 2002-12-17) > > I've already orphaned svgalib in February, but it seems something bad > happened. The two last uploads were QA uploads as well. > > !!! PLEASE DO NOT adopt this package before you have asked !!! > !!! Dennis L. Cark for permission to do so, or, if you are him !!! > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 07:53:54PM -0500, Dennis L. Clark wrote: > > I got this email from someone who thought that I was the one who adopted > > svgalib, and since you said you adopted it I'm forwarding this to you. > > > > By the way, I believe you closed the bug report incorrectly. You are > > only supposed to close an Orphaned bug report once the package has been > > adopted, and it is only officially adopted after you have released > > another version of the package listing you as the maintainer. Thus, > > strictly speaking, the package is still orphaned: the maintainer is > > listed in the packages database as the Debian QA Group. > > > > If you feel motivated I suggest you work with Martin on making svgalib > > and GGI more compatible with each other - he has some great ideas. If, > > however, you feel you don't have the time to put into it then please > > consider allowing someone else to adopt it (namely, me). As I said, I > > feel Martin has some good ideas, and I would like a chance to work on > > them as svgalib maintainer with him. > (...) > > Please let me know your decision soon, as svgalib is an important set of > > packages that many other maintainers and users rely on, and it is in > > much need of improvements. > > Regards, > -- > Lenart, Janos > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Dennis L. Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charlotte, NC, USA OpenPGP Key ID: 0x0034C733 Blinding speed can compensate for a lot of deficiencies. -- David Nichols