Stefan Rieken wrote: > The problem is, that the update_excuses list (and packages.debian.org > too) list Joel Klecker as the maintainer of ncurses. As the DWN editor, > you'll probably recall that Joel (Joey) is - sadly enough - not alive > anymore; they made Potato a tribute to him when it was released.
Package: libncurses5 Priority: required Section: base Installed-Size: 428 Maintainer: Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Joel's name is in the maintainer field, but notice that the email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm told that mail to that address goes to at least two other debian developers. One of whom made this upload: -- Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 21 Nov 2000 21:52:34 -0500 I guess the people behind ncurses-maint may want to remove Joel's name from there at some point. CC'd to them. > You'll understand now, why I feel that him still being maintainer of > ncurses and accompanying packages (only the libc5 versions have other > maintainers) is a little bit of a painful mistake. The only package in unstable that is listed as being maintained by Joel aside from the ncurses packages mentioned above are: Package: ksymoops Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 348 Maintainer: Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Which Adam Heath or Robert Paris will take over (they're fighting it out as I type). [ Other random pages on the debian website may list Joel as maintaining other things; that is because some of them pay attention to stable, not unstable. ] -- see shy jo
