From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Fastabend Subject: Re: ethtool needs a new maintainer Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:12:52 -0700 Message-ID: <57759964.3050009@gmail.com> References: <1466956772.2551.6.camel@decadent.org.uk> <1466957501.2551.17.camel@decadent.org.uk> <20160627135146.GB6864@tuxdriver.com> <20160630181505.GB2778@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev To: "John W. Linville" , Ben Hutchings Return-path: Received: from mail-oi0-f47.google.com ([209.85.218.47]:34490 "EHLO mail-oi0-f47.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752065AbcF3WV7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:21:59 -0400 Received: by mail-oi0-f47.google.com with SMTP id s66so86351887oif.1 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:20:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160630181505.GB2778@tuxdriver.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 16-06-30 11:15 AM, John W. Linville wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 09:51:47AM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: >> 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 right state of >>> mind to think about ethtool code, while I have other demands on my time >>> that tend to take priority. >>> >>> So, I would like to find a new maintainer to take over as soon as >>> possible. Ideally the new maintainer would have previous contributions >>> to ethtool and an existing account on kernel.org so that they can push >>> to the git repository and the home page. But neither of those is >>> essential. Please reply if you're interested. >> >> I would like to take this responsibility. My previous contributions >> to ethtool are meager, but I think my skills and interests are suited >> to the task. Plus, I already have a kernel.org account... :-) > > Are there any other takers? Or is this a done deal? > > John > +1 for having John take it on :) .JohnF