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Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 061201 Alec Warner wrote: |
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>> If you look at |
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>> http://spaceparanoids.org/gentoo/gpnl/qa.php?q=no-herd-maintainer |
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>> you will see a list of packages with NO maintainer and NO herd. |
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>> For users, if you see something you use, |
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>> you may become a proxy-maintainer for it. |
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> A quick run thro' the pkgs listed reveals 5 which seem important : |
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> gle -- for Xscreensaver |
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> libwmf -- for Imagemagick |
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> libidn -- for Mutt Curl Kdelibs |
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> openmotif + motif-config -- for Gvim |
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> There are 6 more which are surely useful, 3 installed here : |
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> e3 -- excellent tiny editor (installed) |
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> ckermit -- powerful tool for accessing remote machines |
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> (I have it installed in /usr/local , |
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> not having realised there was a Gentoo pkg) |
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> sc -- spreadsheet in a terminal, ie it doesn't need X (IIRC) |
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> nedit -- powerful pgmers' editor popular in some places |
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> yudit -- Unicode editor (installed) |
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> expect -- useful tool for automating interactive tasks |
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> Perhaps you should tell users briefly what proxy-maintenance involves. |
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I'd like to nail the details down on this more with my team, but in my |
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mind I'd like to do it more (as stuff is getting cleaned without an |
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attempt at fixing it in some cases). Obviously there is user interest |
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which was one of the goals of sending this mail ;) |
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> PS another thread mentioned Cgoban : this is very useful for Go players. |
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