What to do when can't get in touch with upstream

aecepoglu · 2013-06-24 19:15:53

Hello guys,

I have been using a program (osd_cat) rather extensively, and wanted to add some features to it (say... to make it able to read stdin when barmode is enabled)

I have made the change and I want to get this change upstream.

I found the project repository ( at https://sourceforge.net/projects/libxosd/ )
I have contacted the two owners/maintainers of the project there, and got no responses from either one of them.

The latest change is in 2011/7.
But, the project is in the repositories of many distributions. So I suppose it is not considered orphan.

How should I go about dealing with this?
I wouldn't like to fork it unless I have to. Maybe they did receive my messages but chose to ignore them?

Cheers

Last edited by aecepoglu (2013-06-24 20:10:48)

drcouzelis · 2013-06-24 19:50:16

Related thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164241

You could try the author's direct email address, as is found on the Xine authors' page: pmhahn [at] titan.lahn.de

illusionist · 2013-06-24 19:54:25

You can definitely fork the project as long as the license allows you to do so. If it has been a significant amount of time since you contacted the developers and did not get a reply, I suggest you to go as you wish.

aecepoglu · 2013-06-24 20:08:46

drcouzelis wrote:

Related thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164241
You could try the author's direct email address, as is found on the Xine authors' page: pmhahn [at] titan.lahn.de

My bad, I forgot to search the forum Sorry about that

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What to do when can't get in touch with upstream

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Re: What to do when can't get in touch with upstream

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Re: What to do when can't get in touch with upstream

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Re: What to do when can't get in touch with upstream

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