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k.mandla

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From: Japan

Registered: 2006-05-16

Posts: 86

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Contacting a maintainer

There is probably a protocol for this posted somewhere, and I am just overlooking it. ... I have been getting emails from a developer who wants to contact the listed maintainer for his software directly. Obviously I'd rather not be in the middle, and I certainly don't want to pass e-mails around.

Is there an established way for a software developer to contact a maintainer so they can keep them informed of updates and so forth?

Thanks in advance. Like I said, there is probably a way to do this somewhere and I just can't seem to find it. ...

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Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,619

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Re: Contacting a maintainer

Normally the software would have a development mailing list and the maintainer would subscribe to that...   Otherwise, the maintainer's email address is readily available through the PKGBUILD.

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archevilst

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Registered: 2025-10-19

Posts: 15

Re: Contacting a maintainer

Bit necrobump but is there other way of contacting, using for example bbs instead of direct email?

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WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 13,182

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Re: Contacting a maintainer

Sure, if they're registered on the BBS and have form mail enabled in their privacy settings. Ultimately it will still just email them though.

15 years is more than 'a bit' of a necrobump. Please don't do that.

Closing.

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