hijacking of some vim runtime files
Bram Moolenaar
Bram at moolenaar.net
Mon Apr 17 13:12:42 UTC 2006
Stefano -
> Hi Bram,
> attached you can find the version of runtime and translation files I'm
> proposing to be hijacked by Debian Vim Maintainers. This is the list:
>
> ./syntax/muttrc.vim
> ./syntax/automake.vim
> ./syntax/php.vim
> ./syntax/slrnrc.vim
> ./syntax/tpp.vim
> ./lang/po/zh_TW.UTF-8.po
>
> ./syntax/debchangelog.vim [1]
>
> As already discussed with you, I'm proposing the hijacking after having
> tried to contact the corresponding maintainers several time for the
> inclusion of patches which have been wandering around in the vim Debian
> package for a long time. In most of the cases no answer have been
> received. In some cases answers have been received, but no action
> actually followed the answers. Since the deadline for updates in vim7 is
> April 20th I don't want to wait anymore. If in the future new/old
> maintainers will pop-up we will be happy to give away the maintenance.
>
> Indeed, maintenance by Vim Maintainers will be Best Effort and we will
> mainly only include patches from our users. I therefore added the
> following disclaimer at the beginning of each file:
>
> " XXX This file is in need of a new maintainer, Debian VIM Maintainers ma=
> intain
> " it only because patches have been submitted for it by Debian users =
> and the
> " former maintainer was MIA (Missing In Action), taking over its
> " maintenance was thus the only way to include those patches.
> " If you care about this file, and have time to maintain it please do=
> so!
>
> Please include them in the next snapshot of vim7.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Cheers.
>
> [1] This file is a bit different from the other, the former maintainer
> was a former Debian Vim Maintainer and the syntax is Debian related.
> We will be happy to officially keep maintenance of it since we have
> know-how and interest in doing so.
All looks fine to me. I'll include the files. Thanks!
- Bram
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