Is it possible to "take over" old packages which have become abandoned?

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There is an app (share my number) which I forked 2 months or so ago but which was last updated nearly 4 years ago. I’m pretty sure the author has moved on, but it is a useful app, so I would like to continue maintaining it.

Is this possible? I think the AUR has a process for flagging out-of-date packages and then transferring ownership by contacting one of the Arch maintainers. I’m unsure if F-droid has something similar, but I would like to continue releasing under the old package name given that what few users it currently has expect it to be there and not somewhere else.

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It seems no, there is not: com.luorrak.ouroboros is abandoned but I've forked and updated it (#1166) · Issues · F-Droid / Data · GitLab

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Otherwise, you can submit your fork with a different app ID.

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have you tried to mail to github user “Andrulko” ?

according to Network Graph · characterdog/share-my-number · GitHub the fork of user "Andrulko " automatically receives all the translaton updates from crowdin.

It would be great if you merge these changes into your branch, too

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