If nobody else has stepped forward I would try it. I know C, however, not much about IPC, signals and network but I guess I can learn this. I also use python.
I use fetchmail and consider it a nice tool and would therefor be sorrow to see it disappear. I would appreciate the tarball. All the best Mathias On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:33:13PM +0100, Benjamin Drieu wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: normal > > I no longer have time to maintain fetchmail in Debian, thus I'm > orphaning it. > > This package is made of two parts : > > - fetchmail itself, a monolithic and rather buggy C program, which > need a lot of upstream cleanup. Maintaining it demands some C > skills and a thorough knowledge of IPC, signals, network > programming, etc. ; > > - fetchmailconf, a large but well written Python program. It should > not require a large knowledge of Python as it is very maintainable > and very stable. > > Upstream maintainer is a nice fellow provided you send patches to him, > so maintaining fetchmail requires that the Debian maintainer fixes > some bugs by itself. Upstream development list is usually responsive > and should be of help. > > The most important is that this package requires a lot of social > skills and patience with users and fellow developers as some bugs may > require coordination to track them down. > > I can provide a tarball of my CVS repository upon request. > > Cheers, > Benjamin > > -- > .''`. > ; ;' ; Debian GNU/Linux | Benjamin Drieu > `. `' http://www.debian.org/ | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > `-
