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-Matthias Clasen
-E-mail: mclasen@redhat.com
-Userid: matthiasc
-
-Tim Janik
-E-mail: timj@gtk.org
-Userid: timj
-
-Note that a lot of people are contributing to GTK+, and some parts of it 
-are technically maintained by other people. The people listed above are
-meant as contacts for administrative questions such as cvs accounts. Other
-questions are best directed to the mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org.