Date:	Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:36:54 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: Mother Novell, DJGPP, and Emacs: Friends?
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On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> >> That would be a good idea for all3932 (latest Allegro) also, as it is
> >> essentially 4.0.  It has been stable for months.
> >
> >Then why isn't it on SimTel?
> >
> >It is up to the package maintainer to decide
> 
> The package maintainer (Shawn Hargreaves) seems to have abandoned
> Allegro for some reason; he isn't even on the mailing lists anymore.

Then someone else should step in and upload the package (after asking
Shawn for permission).  That's how free software works.

Since the package already exists, it's actually not much work: simply
gather the files, upload to ftp.delorie.com:/incoming, and ask DJ to
put that on SimTel.

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