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Re: Decomissioning vaporware/obsolete/inactive GNU projects


From: Ineiev
Subject: Re: Decomissioning vaporware/obsolete/inactive GNU projects
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 18:05:43 +0000
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Hello, Svetlana;

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 03:47:48PM +1000, Svetlana Tkachenko wrote:
>
> Thank you for keeping them. Does it state clearly that that this software
> is free to take by any new willing maintainer?

"Decommissioned" means that the package needs no new maintainer (not
as far as the GNU Project is concerned); as opposed to "decommissioned",
"orphan" packages do need new maintainers, the volunteers should pass
the formal procedure of appointment,

https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-structure.html#maintainers

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