Re: Sharutils maintenance

Hi

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025, at 2:22 AM, Bruce Korb wrote:
> Personally, I=E2=80=99ve been retired for nearly a decade. I don=E2=80=
=99t mess with
> software much anymore. Libre software used to support what I did for a
> living. I take pictures now. :)

Congratulations. I hope DigiKam and Darktable are helpful. Thanks for cr=
eating Autogen and keeping Sharutils going.

>
> On Friday, April 11, 2025, W. Kosior <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Interested in becoming a maintainer/co-maintainer of Sharutils.
>> > While not heavily used, it does still seem to have utility and we
>> > would like to keep it alive in Fedora[1]. Have some interest in
>> > compression techniques.
>>
>> Hi Benson.
>>
>> You have reached the administrative point of contact for GNU Project.
>> Thank you for offering help.
>>
>> I am adding the two Sharutils Savannah project members, Bruce and Eri=
c,
>> to CC to give them a chance to comment on this issue.
>>
>> Now, could you please tell us more about your background in libre
>> software?  Also, how does your interest in compression techniques
>> translate to interest in having Sharutils maintained?

Hi Wojtek,

Am a software developer who extensively uses libre software. Background =
in engineering and applied mathematics. Contribute to the KDE and Fedora=
 projects (5 years for KDE and 7 years for Fedora). Sharutils will likel=
y not require extensive changes, but having some interest in techniques =
used in it gives some incentive to study the code. Have an interest in p=
erformant software that will run in constrained environments as this is =
helpful for the wide range of computer hardware we have available in Afr=
ica.  Let me know if any other information would be useful.

>>
>> Best,
>> Wojtek
>>
>> --
>> W. Kosior
>>
>> website: https://koszko.org/koszko.html
>> fediverse: https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile
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>>
>>
>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:00:01 +0300
>> "Benson Muite" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Interested in becoming a maintainer/co-maintainer of Sharutils.  Wh=
ile
>> not heavily used, it does still seem to have utility and we would lik=
e to
>> keep it alive in Fedora[1]. Have some interest in compression techniq=
ues.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Benson
>> >
>> > 1) https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2025-04/
>> msg00001.html
>> >
>>
>>
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