Hello Alex! On Wednesday, October 27, 2021 4:44:00 AM CEST Alex Ameen wrote: > Howdy! > > This is Alex Ameen reporting in from Austin, Texas. I'm a long time GNU > and `autotools' user who specializes in ELF linking and loading. I'm > writing you today to introduce myself and announce that I was recently > approved as the new maintainer of `libtool'! > > I'm excited to bring some updates to the tool and want to thank everyone > for their patience while I work my through the pending patch/bug lists > and get familiar with some of the maintenance infrastructure. > > In the near future I look forward to extending `libtool' support for > modern ELF shared objects, and improved integration with the rest of > `autotools'. I'll share a more detailed roadmap after I've worked my > through the pending tasks in the mailing lists. > > I want to express my appreciation for all of the `autotools' and > `libtool' maintainers/contributors before me. I understand that > `libtool' is an important piece of infrastructure for a number of > important pieces of software, and I aim to treat modifications and > extensions appropriately with that responsibility in mind ( don't worry > I'm not going to break legacy behavior with reckless abandon haha ). > > Feel free to reach out if you have pending patches/issues you want to > "bump", ideas for improvements, general advice for a new GNU maintainer > - and above all if you'd like to lend a hand toward getting `libtool' up > and running again. > > Thank you for your time,
Thank you for the good news! I'd happy to help, with my limited time, as much as I can. Especially if we could get a Libtool release out soon (that would be awesome). I wish you happy on-boarding, and success in your maintenance path! Pavel > -Alex Ameen > > >
