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Email from maintainer stating project is moribund

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>Return-path: <jonas@ffkp.se>
>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:26:16 +0200
>From: Jonas Öberg <jonas@ffkp.se>
>Subject: JWHOIS maintainer
>X-Originating-IP: [83.254.85.172]
>To: Jonas Öberg <Jonas@ffkp.se>
>Message-id: <CAECQ_dpcfsG3SdNOCfzmSRpT=ZtuJKUoho9_PUPB5hGe5AwTGA@mail.gmail.com>
>
>Hi,
>
>you're receiving this mail since at some point during the last year and a
>half you've been in contact with me (or tried to be in contact with me)
>regarding a bug, fix, or any other kind of issue with jwhois. I apologize
>if you receive this in error: it will not be followed by any more requests.
>
>As you've noticed, progress on jwhois has been slow indeed, with the last
>version released almost five years ago (which is recent compared to the web
>pages updated last time in 1999!). I will not make any excuses: it's clear
>that the delay in releasing new versions lie with me. My availability is
>not likely to increase, and I'm therefore faced with two options: either to
>find a co-maintainer who can take most of the day-to-day work with jwhois,
>or to retire the product completely.
>
>The latter option is not as bad as it sounds: jwhois has been around for 13
>years and the whois protocol and our use of it has evolved since then. As
>has the products. The default whois client on most GNU/Linux systems today,
>developed by Marco d'Itri, tries, just as jwhois, to guess the correct
>whois server to query based on the domain name. While jwhois is a bit more
>flexible in its configuration, something that I know has been used by quite
>a few ISPs, the two products have become more and more alike over the years
>(or should we say that whois has become more like jwhois? :-)).
>
>This is not to say that we SHOULD retire the product though. Just that that
>is something that's likely to happen unless someone steps up as
>co-maintainer. What I'm looking for in a co-maintainer is someone who's
>familiar with C development, and knows a bit of something about the auto*
>toolchain.
>
>I'm starting with those of you who've been in touch with me about jwhois
>recently. If you feel compelled and interested in taking up the role as a
>co-maintainer, please speak up! If I don't hear anything substantial from
>anyone in a months time, I will extend my search beyond this group and
>include others in my request. If still I can not find a co-maintainer, I'll
>start a discussion with the GNU advisory group regarding the future of the
>product.
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Jonas

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