Re: [Check-devel] Seeking volunteers to maintain Check

[Fredrik H. <fre...@ax...>]

Hi Branden and Chris!

I was on vacation and the work had piled up when I was back, therefore the silence. Great initiative to try to get new blood into the development of check!

BR
/Fredrik

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Pickett <chr...@ma...> 
Sent: den 2 augusti 2020 09:37
To: Branden Archer <b.m...@gm...>
Cc: che...@li...; Fredrik Hugosson <fre...@ax...>
Subject: Re: [Check-devel] Seeking volunteers to maintain Check

On 2020-08-01 20:28, Branden Archer wrote:
>  > Technically Fredrik and I are still maintainers too
> 
> Sorry, was not trying to undercut you both. (:

Haha, no worries.

> It would be nice to have time to work on the project more. Such is 
> life sometimes. It was a pleasure to work on the project. I think my 
> available time commitment is not doing the project justice, and the 
> project can go further if one or more additional maintainers joined. 
> I'm hoping that by opening up the request to a broader audience there 
> may be others who use the project and may be interested in joining.

Makes sense.
> Chris and Fredrik, I don't think that you were added as Owners of 
> Check on GitHub yet. I'll send you both invites.

Thanks for doing that.

Chris

> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 7:55 PM <chr...@ma... 
> <mailto:chr...@ma...>> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks for asking Branden.  Technically Fredrik and I are still
>     maintainers too, but of course you've been doing all the work.  I'm
>     also
>     happy to bring someone else on board.  There are various
>     refactoring-type changes I've always wanted to make, but I never
>     seem to
>     get around to it.
> 
>     If you know of any contributors that you think would make good
>     maintainers, you could try asking them directly.  That's how we found
>     you, after all.  Thanks for all the effort over the years.
> 
>     Chris
> 
>     On 2020-08-01 18:18, Branden Archer wrote:
>      > Hi! I'm the maintainer of Check. For the last several years I've
>     helped
>      > maintain the project, including bringing it from Sourceforge to
>     GitHub,
>      > expanding the platforms that are officially supported, and enabling
>      > automated vetting of contributions on Linux, OSX, and Windows.
>      >
>      > Over the last year I've found myself with less time to dedicate
>     to the
>      > project. There are a number of users of Check, and many ideas for
>      > improving the project. I'm seeking volunteers who are interested in
>      > continuing the project going forward, which involves:
>      >
>      > - Contributing changes,
>      > - Reviewing pull requests from the community,
>      > - Creating releases, and
>      > - Determining the future path of the project
>      >
>      > If you are interested, either email me or respond to the request
>     on GitHub:
>      > https://github.com/libcheck/check/issues/296
>      >
>      > Thanks
>      > - Branden
>      >
>      >
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