I sent this yesterday, but since I never got a copy back, it may have gotten lost with the list move.
I hate to add to the growing number of orphaned packages, but I currently barely (if even that) have time to maintain the packages I'm really interested in. As a result, I'm officially putting up for adoption the packages I took over on an interim basis much too long ago when they were originally orphaned. In case anyone is wondering, I am not leaving the project. I will continue to maintain my other packages and will also be available to help whoever takes over my former packages. Here is the list of packages I'm putting up for adoption with my assessment of what is involved in maintaining them. binutils: Track H.J. Lu's version and various architecture-specific patches. Not too much work right now but could change as support for other architectures is added. gcc/cpp: Track FSF version. Not too much work. gdb: Track FSF version. Not too much work. libc5*/libc6*: Some of the most important packages. potentially a lot of work. My plan was to only add serious patches to the current versions and wait for glibc/libc6. Whoever takes these may want to upgrade to one of H.J. Lu's newer versions before taking on libc6. libg++: Current version needs to be upgraded to H.J. Lu's newest version. Track H.J. Lu's version. Things could be complicated by multiple architecture support and libc6. libc4*, aout-binutils, aout-gcc: As far as I'm concerned, these are deprecated and should not be supported. However, if somebody wants to update them, I won't stop them. David -- David Engel Optical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
