What a lovely email summarizing, at the very least, exactly how I feel about Guile and its community. Belatedly, congrats on the appointment!
Best wishes, Alex Mark H Weaver writes: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >> I’m happy to announce that Mark H. Weaver has now been officially >> appointed as Guile co-maintainer by the GNU Project overseers, along >> with Andy and myself. > > Thank you all for the kind words and warm welcome. I believe that Guile > is a tremendously important project, not so much because of where it is > today, but because of its future potential and its special role in the > GNU project as a whole. It's also a lot of fun to work on, not least of > all because of the talented and friendly community of hackers around it. > > Although I had a few decades of experience before getting involved here, > I sincerely feel that I've learned a great deal from this community, > both technically and socially. I'm grateful to Andy and Ludovic for > inviting me into this role of co-maintainer, a role for which both of > them are exceptionally well suited, whereas I still have much to learn. > > Anyway, it's been a fun ride, and I think there are exciting times ahead > for Guile. Thank you all for being a part of that :) > > Mark