[gnet-dev] Future of GNet

[David Helder <dhelder gizmolabs org>]

GNet developers,

I'm looking a new lead developer / maintainer of GNet.  Ideally, this 
person would be an existing GNet user who has experience using 
autoconf, automake, CVS, and those sort of development tools.  But 
interest is the only requirement.

The reason I'm looking for a new maintainer is that I no longer use 
GNet and haven't for at least two years.  There's no longer anything 
driving me to fix bugs or make improvements, as there were in the early 
years, so it's fallen to the bottom of my to-do list.  I regret and 
apologize not looking for a new maintainer much earlier.

I don't know where GNet should go in the future.  It met most of my 
goals back in version 1.1.  My original thought then was that it could 
eventually be folded into GLib.  This is still possible, but I haven't 
discussed this with the GLIb developers for several years.  It could 
also remain a separate library and with bugs occasionally fixed and 
patches occasionally applied.  This is how we've operated for the last 
two years and I think this is fine for a small, stable library like 
this.

If no one volunteers, development will continue like it has been - 
every few months I'll go through the emails and apply any patches I 
think are needed, commit to CVS, and possibly make a snapshot.  I'm 
fine with this, but I expect many people would want faster turn-around.

Let me know what you think.  I've rejoined #gnet on irc.gimp.org if 
anyone wants to chat.

Thanks,
David

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