[jgrapht-developers] JGraphT role changes

[Barak N. <bar...@us...>]

Dear JGraphT community,

I started JGraphT because I needed a graph library and no existing =
library
suited my needs.  I needed high performance graphs with low memory
consumption, and wanted the vertices to be of ANY type (annoyingly, many
libraries require the vertices to implement some Vertex interface). =20

At some point I realized that others might find JGraphT useful, so I =
made
the project open-source.  People indeed used it, reported bugs, =
requested
features, and contributed code.  Some even joined in and the whole thing
became a lot more fun than I anticipated!  The quality of the library =
has
improved continuously thanks to the received contributions and criticism =
--
it was a very convincing example how open source development produces =
better
software!

In the last year I became less and less available to admin JGraphT.  =
This
situation is unlikely to change in the near future, so we are making a =
role
change.  John V. Sichi, who has been a JGraphT developer and a co-admin =
for
a long time, is now taking the lead.  John is now the chief maintainer =
of
JGraphT, and although I'm staying involved, you should address project
issues to John.

JGraphT is going forward!  Version 0.6.0 was recently released and =
version
0.7.0 that will support Generics is now cooking...  The move to Java 5.0 =
is
thanks to the contribution of Christian Hammer.  If you can't wait for =
the
new candies, you might want to lend a hand and help making 0.7.0 ready
sooner...
 =20
Thanks to everyone for making it so much fun, and special thanks to John =
V.
Sichi who volunteered to lead JGraphT onwards.

Yours,
Barak Naveh