Being part of the GNU project doesn't mean it's going to be maintained. For example, bzr supposedly is a core GNU package, and it's dead. Being a GNU package j

Being part of the GNU project doesn't mean it's going to be maintained. For example, bzr supposedly is a core GNU package, and it's dead. Being a GNU package just means you agree to behave in a GNUly way. It's a very informal and easily-granted qualification.