Rowland Penny [2018-07-10 15:44]:
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:36:46 +0200
> Harald Arnesen <skogtun@???> wrote:
>
>> Rowland Penny [2018-07-10 14:37]:
>>
>> > The problem is that it is probably easier to start anew rather than
>> > trying to update/maintain an existing project. You have to contact
>> > the existing maintainer (and you could have problems actually
>> > finding the maintainer), get their permission to update the package
>> > or fix bugs and then do what you wanted to do in the first place.
>>
>> Get their permission? Aren't we using free software?
>
> If you want to update a packages code, you need to get at it, otherwise
> it is called a fork, therefore you need the maintainers permission to
> change it.

If you can't get hold of the maintainer?
--
Hilsen Harald