From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-05-24T03:53:35+09:00
Subject: Re: rubyforge etiquette for dead projects

On 5/23/07, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

> Still. It would seem like a good idea to have a policy of trying to
> get up with a project contact, say after 3 years of inactivity, and
> see what they say about the status of the project, maybe they will
> want to classify the project as "Up For Adoption".

I don't think this is needed, honestly.  If you're a new maintainer of
a project and you haven't explicitly been handed the project, I think
it's much better to continue under a new name.  This way, people
understand that it is a new maintainer and the original project
reputation and ownership is still intact.

And it keeps us from having administrative headaches, too. :)