netdev - Re: ethtool needs a new maintainer

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Message-ID: <CAPfrtUdxszO3OHFU6W-5255Bw2T9=DtLqZRureXN7jz+E3S7Xg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2016 14:27:26 -0500
From:	Jorge Alberto Garcia <jorge.garcia.gonzalez@...il.com>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ethtool needs a new maintainer

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:15 PM, John W. Linville
<linville@...driver.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 09:51:47AM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 06:11:41PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> > I've become steadily less enthusiastic and less responsive as a
>> > maintainer over the past year or so.  I no longer work on networking
>> > regularly, so it takes a lot more time to get into the right state of
>> > mind to think about ethtool code, while I have other demands on my time
>> > that tend to take priority.
>> >
>> > So, I would like to find a new maintainer to take over as soon as
>> > possible.  Ideally the new maintainer would have previous contributions
>> > to ethtool and an existing account on kernel.org so that they can push
>> > to the git repository and the home page.  But neither of those is
>> > essential.  Please reply if you're interested.
>>
>> I would like to take this responsibility. My previous contributions
>> to ethtool are meager, but I think my skills and interests are suited
>> to the task.  Plus, I already have a kernel.org account... :-)
>
> Are there any other takers?  Or is this a done deal?
>

hi guys !, any link to a bugzilla  / patchwork  ?

> John
> --
> John W. Linville                Someday the world will need a hero, and you
> linville@...driver.com                  might be all we have.  Be ready.