Re: Sharutils maintenance

Thank you, Benson. Unfortunately, ON1, Topaz and Photoshop are far 
easier to work with and none of those run on Linux. Too much fear of 
piracy, I think. Anyway, that means either Windows or MacOS and I'd 
never touch Windows with a 10 foot pole. :)

Meanwhile, I do use my password manager and I'll continue maintaining 
it. Probably that means maintaining AutoGen, too. And I cannot bootstrap 
it anymore. (Too many changes to Autoconf and Automake.)


On 4/10/25 23:11, Benson Muite wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2025, at 2:22 AM, Bruce Korb wrote:
>> Personally, I’ve been retired for nearly a decade. I don’t 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 creating 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 Eric,
>>> 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 likely not require extensive changes, but having some interest in techniques used in it gives some incentive to study the code. Have an interest in performant software that will run in constrained environments as this is helpful for the wide range of computer hardware we have available in Africa.  Let me know if any other information would be useful.
> 
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Wojtek
>>>
>>> --
>>> W. Kosior
>>>
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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.  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.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Benson
>>>>
>>>> 1) https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2025-04/
>>> msg00001.html
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
> 
>