>I'm not sure what to do about this state of affairs.  The authors are pushing
>on us to do what the core does not want; i.e., maintain private ports and
>force people to go hunt them down.

Well, since there is now a package collection, making a private port isn't as
bad as it used to be, although I agree that if possible changes should be
merged into the master distribution.  I'd offer the home machine to test it on,
but I have similar political problems that you do.

--Ken