On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 12:55 AM Andrew Bernard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello All, > > I've been absent from the list for a long time, but recently got CC'd > about an Openlilylib pull request. > > I must apologise for never getting around to updating the list on the > Openlilylib project status. Some time ago I took over from Urs who is no > longer able to do the work for private reasons I am not at liberty to > share. All started well and I setup a Linux server and a Wordpress site > and forum for the project. Taking over the code repository it had long > needed a large amount of refactoring, which I started but this proved to > be a complicated project for reasons I need not detain people with here. > > Then due to what can only be described as sheer stupidity I managed to > irrecoverably destroy my Linux server (it's a long story). What happened > after that is twofold. First, I am sorry to say that I was diagnosed > with the quite rare blood cancer Multiple Myeloma some ten years ago > now. It's fatal and incurable, though it can be managed well, especially > by the hospital here in Melbourne, Australia which has a world leading > research department specializing, amazingly, in the particular cancer. > So although I am doing well sometimes large software tasks become very > onerous and difficult, compared to before I became ill. Second, with the > difficulties mentioned, it seemed to me that I only ever got less than > half a dozen people signed up on the Discourse forum, and the project > seemed hardly worth the effort to continue, even though I do know there > are quite a few OLL end users. The sum of all this is that I have left > it dormant for such a long time. > > So at present there is no repository owner to accept pull requests, > > I am not really able to restart this project, and very happy for others > to pick up the ball. People are welcome to contact me for any advice. > > Once again, apologies for being incommunicado, and all the best to > everyone. > > > Andrew Bernard > Although I don't currently use OLL, I thank you for all your work on it, and I'm sorry to hear about your health issues. I hope you continue to have a productive, pain-free, and as happy a life as possible. All the best, Ralph -- Ralph Palmer Seattle USA (he, him, his) [email protected]
