Re: Datamash admin

[Shawn Wagner]

Assaf gave me commit rights to the savannah repository a few years ago
when I was sending in a lot of patches (And then I promptly got
distracted by life and forgot about it for ages) that I think I still
have. I'm happy to blow the dust off my old contributions and merge
them in and go through the list archive looking for bugs that were
reported and maybe fix. I don't really want to volunteer for the
official maintainer title though; much rather let someone else deal
with making releases.

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 6:05 PM Tim Rice <trice@posteo.net> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> We haven't heard from Assaf for some time, I think at least a year. In that 
> time, there have been at least a couple of emails where someone reported a 
> bug or asked for help, and Assaf didn't respond. The most recent release of 
> datamash is now over two years old, whereas before 2020, the releases 
> reliably came at least once or twice a year.
>
> Firstly, I hope Assaf is okay. I've often noticed his contributions not only 
> to datamash but to other GNU projects. He's been a real asset to the FOSS 
> community.
>
> Still, he seems to be absent from datamash at least. And it would be nice if 
> this great software continued to be actively developed and maintained.
>
> If you're out there, Assaf, can you please reply and let us know whether 
> you're okay, and what are your intentions for datamash?
>
> If Assaf doesn't respond, does anyone know if there exists a method for 
> transferring the administration of a GNU project? I guess it would involve 
> contacting savannah. I might do that after a week or so if we don't arrive at 
> a better solution sooner.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>