On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Myles C. Maxfield <myles.maxfield@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know where he is? If not, is there an accepted practice to
resolve this situation? Should I upload my own 'idna2' package.

Generally we try to contact the maintainer (and give him/her enough time to reply, in case he/she is e.g. on vacation). After that someone can announce their intention to take over maintenance of the package. 

-- Johan