On 2025/02/28 20:53, Theo Buehler wrote: > I have no opinion whether it makes sense to spend time on updating this > DE that was long abandoned by upstream. IIRC someone suggested to remove > it a few years back. > > > This is an instance where the package maintainer has completely > > abandoned the port > > Be that as it may: if a port has a maintainer, please Cc them whenever > you send a diff. You can simply ask them if they still want to be > maintainer. You might even get a reply indicating why they preferred not > to update the old version. If you don't get an answer or the mail > bounces you then have a good reason to remove them. >
...and certainly don't send a diff removing somebody as maintainer if they haven't requested it without discussing it first.
