Re: [screen-devel] screen maintainer?

[Micah Cowan]

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Juergen Weigert wrote:
> On Jun 12, 08 12:59:46 -0500, Karl Berry wrote:
>> And otherwise, we're looking for a new maintainer.  So if you are
>> interested in taking care of screen going forward, please write me and
>> we can discuss.
> 
> Frankly, I'd opt for finding a new maintainer. My time on screen is
> too limited to do any good. Micha is developing new features at a steady
> pace, but also under limited time.  
> I believe we'd need someone to tend to bug reports, consoldiate patches
> into some git or svn and care for regular releases.

GNU Screen holds a particular place in my heart. I'd volunteer for
maintainership, but of course GNU Wget is already taking more than
enough of my time. However, I'd be happy to pitch in with migrating the
repo from CVS to a more modern VCS, such as git (I am very happy with
Wget's own move to a distributed VCS, though we went with Mercurial for
portability reasons that probably wouldn't apply so much for Screen),
and could help with screening and applying patches. I've no time for
serious development, but perhaps when you've found a real maintainer, I
can volunteer as a sort of vice-maintainer, helping with the more
boring, administrative aspects. ;) "tending to bug reports,
consolidating patches", etc, is something I could help with; "care for
regular releases" will have to be someone else's department, at least as
far as actual leadership and ownership of the project is concerned.

BTW, advertising the need for developer help on Savannah was very
effective for Wget; I'd recommend it for Screen (though, the barrier to
entry is possibly higher for Screen).

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Micah J. Cowan
Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer,
and GNU Wget Project Maintainer.
http://micah.cowan.name/
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