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From: mark thompson <thompson@squirrel.tgsoft.com>
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In-reply-to: message from Terry Lambert on Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:51:39 -0700
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   From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
   Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:51:39 -0700 (MST)

   > > > Then adding the code into the tree is a 'bad thing', since it becomes
   > > > unsupported.  If no-one is willing to incorporate/support the code, then
   > > > it shouldn't be incorporated.
   > > 
   > > Better that it be lost forever?
   > 
   > Yes, see the ft(4) and aic(4) drivers for two good examples.  Both
   > sorely lack a maintainer, and nobody seems to be interested in doing
   > this job.

Hmmm.... i have volunteered before to maintain ft, since tapes are kind
of a (twisted) specialty of mine. My only request is that someone donate
the drives to test on, since i don't use QIC format any more.

My offer to help kind of got blown off. I understand that everyone is up
to their respective keisters in release engineering, but it seems pretty
clear to me that there is not percieved to be a crying need for this
alleged maintenance.

-mark