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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Is Void OK? Was: Keep it alive
On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 05:44:08PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 12:17:58PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 May 2018 11:16:50 +0100
> > KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:
> >
> > > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/16/contributing_to_keep_small_linux_alive/
> > >
> > > Very interesting piece on the importance of contributing to keep alive
> > > your favourite distro. Well, Devuan is mentioned in the article among
> > > the "larger" distros, but the reasoning still applies to us I think.
> >
> > Wait a minute. Contributing is the minor message of the referenced
> > link. The major message is that the Void Project Leader has apparently
> > disappeared, as described here:
> >
> > https://www.voidlinux.eu/news/2018/05/serious-issues.html
> >
> > The voidlinux.eu domain is currently at risk, as is Github, and maybe
> > the Void IRC channels.
> >
> > What can we Void users do to help, during these challenging days?
> >
>
> You should probably ask that question to the Void developers :-)
>
> We actually reached out on the Void IRC channel a few days ago, saying
> that we would be happy to help if needed. I got a pm reply from
> Gottox, who said that their main problem at the moment seems to be
> re-acquiring access to the github account that contains all the
> packages. Unfortunately there is little we can do on that front, but I
> really hope that they will find a way and continue with the
> development ASAP.


So the github account isn't even publicly *readable*?

-- hendrik