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ports/46414
ports/50162 (superseded by ports/54153)
ports/52508 (included in latest patch for ports/54153)
ports/54153 (includes my patches)
ports/54246

There are several others out there that are older -- not sure if they 
are still applicable.

Thanks for your answers,
Jon Noack

Sergey A. Osokin said the following on 7/21/2003 3:19 AM:

> On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 11:45:00PM -0500, Jon Noack wrote:
> 
>>How long should one wait on a maintainer?
> 
> 
> From 1 week to 1 year :-) No limit.
> 
> 
>>I've emailed them directly 
>>and they said they would take care of updating the port "tonight".  That 
>>was 5 days ago.  The latest version of the software was released almost 
>>2 months ago, and fixed major stability issues.  A whole host of vendor 
>>patches have been released *since then* that have fixed 2 Major (vendor 
>>terms), 4 Medium, and various other issues.  There have been several 
>>outstanding PRs that are several weeks old and one that is 4 months old 
>>(although it is for the version currently in the port, not the latest 
>>version).
> 
> 
> Please, tell PR numbers.
> 
> 
>>There was a previous commit by a non-maintainer after a ~3 month timeout 
>>(same maintainer).  I'm not sure I have the expertise to take over the 
>>port, but I don't know what else to do now.
> 
> 
> So, please submit a PR for change maintainership from current maintainer
> to you and describe this problem.
>