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Re: glibc/DEC Alpha questions
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009, Matt Turner wrote:
> Alpha was moved to ports last December [0], apparently due to not
> having an active maintainer.
If that's the case (I didn't track the state of affairs here and must
have missed that, but I had expected that would eventually happen), then
things should be much easier. Getting patches applied to ports is rather
straightforward and a number of people have write privilege there. You
still need to get a patch approved by someone who has a clue about Alpha,
but frequently enough the patch will be obvious either by itself or if
accompanied with a decent explanation (which you have to give anyway).
And last but not least -- it's possible to become a port maintainer for
ports in a similar manner to binutils/GCC/GDB/etc. You (or someone else)
need to submit a couple of reasonable patches to show interest and
volunteer. Experience recorded with other GNU projects, especially if
related to the Alpha, will score too. I doubt RTH will object -- I
haven't seen him being involved with the Alpha for many years and the move
to ports certainly confirms it.
Maciej