On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 5:50 PM Kip Warner <k...@thevertigo.com> wrote:

> I think this would be a good project for my friend Reed to look into
> maintaining. I've copied him. Please consider following up with him.
>

Great! I'm following up to the list at the same time as I guess this is
interesting for everyone.

I don't think we have a written 'policy' for taking over a possibly
abandoned project, but this is my advice.

1. Get familiar with the codebase, open merge requests for some open issues
you find on GitLab (this issue with extensions might be a good starting
point).
2. Create a personal fork. Look at the existing merge requests and include
any good ones in your fork. Leave questions and comments on the MRs that
you're not sure about merging. Get people from the community to test out
your fork.
3. Try to speak with the existing maintainers (see the MAINTAINERS file in
the tree). They may have already noticed your review activity and your
existing fork, if not, be sure to make them aware of it. The work you've
done will make it obvious that you're ready to step up as a maintainer.
They'll hopefully advise you how to proceed.
4. If you can't get in touch with any maintainers, things are a bit more
difficult, but you'll be able to get the right permissions eventually. Ask
for help whenever you are stuck. https://wiki.gnome.org/MaintainersCorner
gives a rough guide of what to do.

Sam
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