On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 07:18:48PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2016-06-27 at 09:51 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 06:11:41PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > I've become steadily less enthusiastic and less responsive as a > > > maintainer over the past year or so. I no longer work on networking > > > regularly, so it takes a lot more time to get into the right state of > > > mind to think about ethtool code, while I have other demands on my time > > > that tend to take priority. > > > > > > So, I would like to find a new maintainer to take over as soon as > > > possible. Ideally the new maintainer would have previous contributions > > > to ethtool and an existing account on kernel.org so that they can push > > > to the git repository and the home page. But neither of those is > > > essential. Please reply if you're interested. > > > > I would like to take this responsibility. My previous contributions > > to ethtool are meager, but I think my skills and interests are suited > > to the task. Plus, I already have a kernel.org account... :-) > [...] > > It was a tough choice, but I'm pleased to accept your offer. :-) > > I'll ask for the permissions to be updated accordingly. > > Ben.
Awesome, thanks. And, of course, thank you for your service to the community as ethtool maintainer for the past several (5+) years! John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linvi...@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.
