[development] situation with unmaintained user-contributed modules

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

jillsemail at bendbroadband.com wrote:
> Hello,
> What is the process to 'fix the situation' when the module developer does not respond to any posts about  his/her module via the 'issues' process and does not do anything when users contribute patches to fix bugs or add features? 
> 

If you are interested you can volunteer to take over such modules.

> And, to make it more difficult, some developers have set their profiles so that they cannot be contacted via email, meaning there is no direct way for a user to communicate with them. I understand not wanting to be bothered, of course...but how does one know if they have 'lost interest' or are 'just busy'?
> 

You can always use the issue tracker to create an issue against 
drupal.org maintenance. The webmasters can contact a user even when the 
contact tab is disabled.

Cheers,
	Gerhard