From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: ethtool needs a new maintainer Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 11:58:26 -0400 Message-ID: <20160705155825.GB2769@tuxdriver.com> References: <1466956772.2551.6.camel@decadent.org.uk> <1466957501.2551.17.camel@decadent.org.uk> <20160627135146.GB6864@tuxdriver.com> <1467652728.12588.42.camel@decadent.org.uk> 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]:50362 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752345AbcGEQAV (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jul 2016 12:00:21 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1467652728.12588.42.camel@decadent.org.uk> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 07:18:48PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2016-06-27 at 09:51 -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 netwo= rking > > > regularly, so it takes a lot more time to get into the right stat= e of > > > mind to think about ethtool code, while I have other demands on m= y 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 contr= ibutions > > > to ethtool and an existing account on kernel.org so that they can= push > > > 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 suit= ed > > to the task.=A0=A0Plus, I already have a kernel.org account... :-) > [...] >=20 > It was a tough choice, but I'm pleased to accept your offer. :-) >=20 > I'll ask for the permissions to be updated accordingly. >=20 > Ben. Awesome, thanks. And, of course, thank you for your service to the community as ethtool maintainer for the past several (5+) years! John --=20 John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.