'file' rpm maintainer, awol?

[Rex Dieter]

Fedora Extras repoclosure wrote:

>     rdieter AT math.unl.edu
...
>         gift - 0.11.8.1-6.fc7.i386    (71 days)

See also:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/221041
Has the 'file' maintainer dropped off the planet or something?  This is
blocking on
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/203548
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/214992
with the former reported last *August 2006*, without a single comment/reply
from the maintainer.

-- Rex