Hey Thomas, Thank you for being honest and straightforward about this. Could you provide a list of packages that are now orphaned due to this?
All the best. Glad to hear you are generally planning to stay onboard. Sven On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Thomas Bächler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > for over a year and a half, I have barely been able to do any packaging. > Between job, kids, real life and some time to relax, only a few hours of > time remains here and there. Sadly, this time is not enough to be able > to contribute significantly to Arch Linux. > > Until recently, I always thought to myself that I'll return to packaging > very soon. The reality is that this won't happen. This is a hard step > for me, but I have to be honest to my fellow Arch Developers, the users > and most importantly, to myself. > > Just a moment ago, I orphaned all my packages except for joe and ovmf, > which I plan on taking care of for now, since they'll certainly be > dropped from the repos if I don't (I think I can handle two packages). > For the time being, I won't be taking any new packages. I'll also see if > I can unsubscribe from all bug reports. > > However, I am not gone completely: > > * I will still keep my Arch Linux package signing master key and take > care of signing and revoking developer and trusted user keys. > * I will keep an eye on release engineering and espeically the new > netboot system I just set up recently. > * I will always remain available to you all via this list, the private > dev list, IRC, XMPP and e-mail for advice and help. > > My heart beats for Arch and its community and I doubt that will ever > change. I am sorry that I let you guys down. Facing this sad reality is > a first step towards improving this, and I certainly hope that at some > point, I will return to a more active role. > > Best regards > Thomas > >
