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Re:Gedit is unmaintained, some thoughts by denvercoder904 on Saturday August 05, 2017 @12:03PM (#14936331)
What are the qualifications for becoming a maintainer? Is the bar set high? Is there a vetting process? I am interested but I'm not sure they will accept just anyone as a maintainer.
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Re:Gedit is unmaintained, some thoughts by wolco on Saturday August 05, 2017 @12:16PM (#14936411)
A person who has submitted some pr fixes and shows an understanding of the software stands a good chance.
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Re:Gedit is unmaintained, some thoughts by honestoHeminway on Saturday August 05, 2017 @12:27PM (#14936478)
Usually it is the guy who forks the original, and gets burried beneath patches?
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Re:Gedit is unmaintained, some thoughts by jancsika on Saturday August 05, 2017 @04:22PM (#14937697)
You should definitely send a message to the gedit mailing list mailing declaring your desire to take over maintainership. If nobody replies send to a more general Gnome list.

I'd actually be interested to read a public reply to a potential maintainer for one of their unmaintained projects.

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Re:Gedit is unmaintained, some thoughts by ori_b on Saturday August 05, 2017 @01:10PM (#14936685)
Mostly, a history of sending patches.
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