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 14:15:06 -0400 Message-ID: <20160630181505.GB2778@tuxdriver.com> References: <1466956772.2551.6.camel@decadent.org.uk> <1466957501.2551.17.camel@decadent.org.uk> <20160627135146.GB6864@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: netdev To: Ben Hutchings Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:59752 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750929AbcF3SPR (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2016 14:15:17 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160627135146.GB6864@tuxdriver.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. =A0I no longer work on network= ing > > 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. > >=20 > > So, I would like to find a new maintainer to take over as soon as > > possible. =A0Ideally the new maintainer would have previous contrib= utions > > to ethtool and an existing account on kernel.org so that they can p= ush > > to the git repository and the home page. =A0But neither of those is > > essential. =A0Please reply if you're interested. >=20 > 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 --=20 John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.