Re: last change to save (adopt) some packages

2005-10-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andres Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-18 18:24]: > * messagewall - An SMTP proxy daemon, designed to help keep out unwanted > * firedns - an asynch. dns resolver library > * firestring - a string handling library > * libxml-ruby - Ruby interface to libxml > * libxslt-ruby - Ruby interface t

Re: last change to save (adopt) some packages

2005-09-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
"Nathanael Nerode" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell wrote: >>This is not the correct way to orphan a package. > > True. However, it is entirely legitimate for a maintainer to decide that a > package is worthless and withdraw it, which is what Andres Salomon is > planning to do. In

Re: last change to save (adopt) some packages

2005-09-20 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Thomas Bushnell wrote: This is not the correct way to orphan a package. True. However, it is entirely legitimate for a maintainer to decide that a package is worthless and withdraw it, which is what Andres Salomon is planning to do. In fact, it's a kindness to the QA volunteers. The orpha

Re: last change to save (adopt) some packages

2005-09-18 Thread David Moreno Garza
On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 18:24 -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: > * libxml-ruby - Ruby interface to libxml > * libxslt-ruby - Ruby interface to libxslt These may be maintained by the pkg-ruby-extras team. -- David Moreno Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.damog.net/ <[EMAIL PROT

Re: last change to save (adopt) some packages

2005-09-18 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Andres Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have more than a few packages that I've been looking to get rid of for > some time. No one's taken them, so I'm going to request the ftp masters > drop some of them if no one takes them within the few weeks. This is not the correct way to orphan a

last change to save (adopt) some packages

2005-09-18 Thread Andres Salomon
Hi, I have more than a few packages that I've been looking to get rid of for some time. No one's taken them, so I'm going to request the ftp masters drop some of them if no one takes them within the few weeks. These packages are: * messagewall - An SMTP proxy daemon, designed to help keep out u