INN maintenance and facing reality

[Bill Davidsen]

Russ Allbery wrote:
> I really should have sent this message about a year ago, but I kept hoping
> I would discover more free time.  However, this is looking increasingly
> unlikely.
>
> As everyone has noticed, there has not been a new release of INN in quite
> some time, and I have not been doing any active development.  Due to a
> combination of significantly load in my paying job (that isn't related to
> Usenet) and other volunteer work, I've had essentially no time to work on
> INN for quite a while now.  It doesn't look like this is going to change
> in the near future.  As a result, I'm really not doing INN justice.  At a
> minimum, a new INN STABLE release is overdue and INN 2.5 probably should
> just be released as-is without all the other things that I wanted to put
> in it.
>   

Perhaps you could provide a list of features for "before release" and 
"eventually" in 2.5, which could be discussed on the list and would be a 
near term roadmap for the next maintainer.
> Realistically, I don't have the time to continue as lead maintainer or
> release manager, and haven't been filling either role for quite some time.
> If someone else is willing to pick up the release management role, please
> speak up.  I'm happy to help as I can find the time and will try to make
> time to do a clean handoff.  I'm also happy to continue to provide
> infrastructure, or ISC I'm sure is also willing to do so.
>
>   
I see no reason why those duties could not be split, and it might make 
filling the positions easier not to require both administrative and 
technical contributions. Since I no longer lead the nntp team at SBC I 
lack resources and time to offer to do either part of these duties, but 
reducing the scope of any job makes it easier to get volunteers.
> I'm hopefully not disappearing entirely, and I will continue to try to
> comment on the list and do things for INN when I can, but I'll feel less
> guilty and more realistic if I don't expect myself to maintain the level
> of contribution that I have in the past.
>
> Peter, please let whoever needs to know at ISC about this as well.
>
>   
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
  "Woe unto the statesman who makes war without a reason that will still
  be valid when the war is over..." Otto von Bismark