[sane-devel] [janitorial] Next release and "packing my bags"

[Ralph Little]

Hi,

On 2020-11-14 3:31 a.m., Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> First, the schedule for our next release.
>
Best get my skates on for the pixma changes, then.
> Next, "packing my bags".
>
> On 2015-09-11, I appointed[2] myself SANE Project Janitor.  That was 5
> years, 2 months and 3 days ago.  Since our 1.0.31 release, I have been
> thinking a fair bit about my involvement in the SANE Project and how it
> is keeping me from dedicating time to other things I'd like to pursue.
> I've finally made up my mind and will be leaving the project after the
> next release.
>
:(

Crikey you have been the backbone of the SANE project for so long!
Thanks for all of your dedicated work!

> # Probably on 2021-02-16 as that is 5 years, 5 months and 5 days after I
> # appointed myself.  I have something with "special" numbers and on top
> # of that five is pronounced "go" in Japanese, so it's "go, go, go" ;-)
>
> If anyone is willing to step up as a next janitor of sorts or even just
> as a kind of "release manager", I'll be happy to help out with getting
> that person up to speed on things, insofar necessary.  If no-one steps
> up, I guess it'll be up to the current project members to sort things
> out amongst themselves.
Those would be large shoes to fill indeed.

Regards,
Ralph