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"Andrey Falko" <ma3oxuct@×××××.com>: |
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> On 3/12/07, Christian Faulhammer <opfer@g.o> wrote: |
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> > as nattfodd and ehmsen won't be working on TeX for Gentoo anymore, |
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> > we need one or more new maintainer/s. Primary goal is to bring a |
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> > working ebuild of TeXLive 2007 into Portage, as the current used |
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> > and working one (teTeX) is dead upstream. There is an effort of a |
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> > user [1] which could be a base. Non-devs welcome as long as they |
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> > do all the work. First start can be that I proxy (= You do all the |
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> > work, I get the glamour for committing :) a willing and capable |
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> > user, recruiting him can come later on. |
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> > Just email me, Gentoo Army needs you. |
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> I don't know if anyone replied in private, but I am willing to step |
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> up to the challenge of maintaining this as a non-dev. I am willing |
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> to do so as long as no one more qualified steps up. |
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No one reacted to my mail, but I shouldn't have posted it as nattfodd |
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was already coordinating interested persons. I did not know that, just |
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there was no sign of life from text-markup on that topic, I should have |
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asked there before. |
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> My will to take on the challenge is motivated as a learning |
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> experience in addition to my belief that this is a vital package that |
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> needs to be maintained. |
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Fine. Contact nattfodd then. |
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> If by formats you mean style files, I guess that I currently know |
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> how to handle them on a minimal level. |
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No. Format is a level deeper, containing some stuff for the engines |
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(pdfTeX, eTeX), as hyphenation patterns etc. |
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> This might be a dumb question, but has Fabian (from bug 168177) been |
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> asked to maintain this? |
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Maybe. |
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V-Li |
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