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From: "Jon Noack" <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu>
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Subject: Re: maintainer timeout?
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> If the maintainer is not also a committer, then the delay is to
> be expected.  I estimate I have about a 6 weeks average from the
> time I submit a PR for an update until it is committed.
> Unfortunate, but "them's the breaks".
This maintainer is also a committer -- that's why this frustrates me.

> Be patient.  Or negotiate with the maintainer to take over the port.
Doing my best on the former and trying the second.

Thanks,
Jon Noack