List of package owners

Harold L Hunt II huntharo@msu.edu
Mon Sep 22 19:17:00 GMT 2003


Brian Ford wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>
>>
>>>lesstif                 Harold L Hunt II
>>
>>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>I believe the maintainer is actually Brian Ford (see
>><http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-09/msg00348.html>).
>>
> 
> Well, kind of.  I guess you could call me the proxy maintainer.
> 
> Harold said he just released the initial package to get people started,
> and that he wasn't interested in maintaining it.  I needed some bug fixes
> from newer versions, so we struck a deal.
> 
> I provide updates to Harold on my time table and try to reasonably support
> those updates.  He graciously accepts and publishes them. But, I haven't
> really committed for the long haul yet.
> 
> So, I guess his name is as good as any.

I am fine with that.  I am good at ignoring screaming about bugs... no 
need to direct the flames elsewhere.

On a side note, not much seems to happen with lesstif... not too many 
complaints, not too much development.  It is just like a package should 
be: a nice companion for a nap.

Harold



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