Re: [gNewSense-users] Stepping down

[Will Hill]

Thank you for maintaining Gnewsense.  I have enjoyed using a maintained 
version of Wheezy and will I continue using it for many years.  

More importantly, thanks for the offer to coach the next maintainer.  I think 
the people at exe GNU/Linux would be very interested in your advice and I 
will try to contact them.  Who knows, they might find GNewsense a better base 
than Devuan.  

I'd like to help out with a few packages that I love, but don't think I have 
the time to be much more than a user for at least the next six months.  

Best wishes,

Will Hill

On Tuesday 23 July 2019, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> After much consideration, I've decided to step down as the maintainer of
> gNewSense. It was the distro I fell in love with and it would hurt me to
> see it disappear. Yet I must be honest with myself and the community and
> face the facts. I feel like I can't give it the attention it needs to
> keep it in a state worthy of a distro recommended by the FSF. I'm sorry
> to disappoint current users and those anticipating a new release.
>
> I would like to thank everyone who I've worked with and who contributed
> to gNewSense since it sparked from Paul O'Malley's brain over a decade
> ago. It's been fun and educational.
>
> If someone wants to take over I will be quite happy to get that person
> going. I then might still help out, but I'm not going to take the lead
> anymore. Please get in touch or forward to anyone who might be interested.
>
> I will keep the repositories and other infrastructure running for now. 
>
> Regards,
> samgee