Re: [Amforth] Maintainer-lite

[Martin N. <amf...@mg...>]

On Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:45:52 +0100
Tristan wrote:

> Fellow AmForthers,
> 
> Nice to see some activity on the mailing list, which highlights
> 
> (a) There is still some interest in AmForth from people new to the
> list. (b) There are still some existing AmForth list members who read
> the list.
> (c) AmForth still does not have a maintainer.
> 
> Regarding (c) I'm putting myself forward as a "maintainer-lite" for 
> AmForth. For those not on the list at the time, the links [0..2]
> below give some history. Without somebody performing the maintenance
> role, even in a limited way, it is hard to address some of the issues
> raised on the mailing list. In short, I think a maintainer-lite would 
> (hopefully!) be better than no maintainer at all, and I have the time 
> now to do that. I would, however, be delighted if anyone wanted to
> join me.
> 
> Let me know what you think.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Tristan
> 
>

All in favour. I am still working with AmForth and have some
bugs/patches/improvements waiting for a maintainer.

BTW, I found a fork of AmForth on GitHub whilst looking for a Python3
version of amforth-shell.py:
https://github.com/CableGuy67/AmForth
Probably there is more good stuff there.

-- 
Regards,

Martin Nicholas.

E-mail: rep...@mg... (Address will be valid throughout 2025).