From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: ethtool needs a new maintainer Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:51:11 -0400 Message-ID: <20160630215110.GD2778@tuxdriver.com> References: <1466956772.2551.6.camel@decadent.org.uk> <1466957501.2551.17.camel@decadent.org.uk> <20160627135146.GB6864@tuxdriver.com> <20160630181505.GB2778@tuxdriver.com> <1467315132.2551.186.camel@decadent.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Ben Hutchings , netdev To: Jorge Alberto Garcia Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:33577 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752073AbcF3WBK (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:01:10 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 02:37:30PM -0500, Jorge Alberto Garcia wrote: > El 30/06/2016 02:32 p.m., "Ben Hutchings" escri= bi=F3: > > > > On Thu, 2016-06-30 at 14:27 -0500, Jorge Alberto Garcia wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:15 PM, John W. Linville > > > wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 09:51:47AM -0400, John W. Linville wrot= e: > > > > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 06:11:41PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote= : > > > > > > I've become steadily less enthusiastic and less responsive = as a > > > > > > maintainer over the past year or so. I no longer work on > networking > > > > > > regularly, so it takes a lot more time to get into the righ= t > state of > > > > > > mind to think about ethtool code, while I have other demand= s on > my time > > > > > > that tend to take priority. > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I would like to find a new maintainer to take over as s= oon as > > > > > > possible. Ideally the new maintainer would have previous > contributions > > > > > > to ethtool and an existing account on kernel.org so that th= ey can > push > > > > > > to the git repository and the home page. But neither of th= ose is > > > > > > essential. Please reply if you're interested. > > > > > > > > > > I would like to take this responsibility. My previous contrib= utions > > > > > to ethtool are meager, but I think my skills and interests ar= e > suited > > > > > to the task. Plus, I already have a kernel.org account... :-= ) > > > > > > > > Are there any other takers? Or is this a done deal? > > > > > > > > > > hi guys !, any link to a bugzilla / patchwork ? > > > > There's nothing as organised as that, though it might be possible t= o > > add categories for ethtool on and > > . > > > > Ben. > > > I would like to help but it will be a first for me. > Maybe in shadow mode ? Honestly, I don't expect the patch management stuff to be much of a burden. I could always use the help reviewing any patches submitted, of course! John --=20 John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.