Thanks for all the work over the years! And I'm sure Dan will take good care of these projects!
Kind regards, Dylan Van Assche On December 27, 2024 2:52:23 PM UTC, Aleksander Morgado <aleksande...@chromium.org> wrote: >Hey hey! > >We are pleased to announce that Dan Williams (d...@ioncontrol.co) will be >taking over as the primary maintainer for libqrtr-glib, libqmi, libmbim, and >ModemManager. > >From now on, new stable libqrtr-glib, libqmi, libmbim and ModemManager >versions will be released by him. The tags in git will be signed with his key, >and can be verified (git tag --verify <tag>) after having imported his public >key (from >https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/0x734614319E26A433.asc or >after synchronizing with the openpgp keyserver). > >Dan is not unknown to the projects, quite the opposite! Dan was the single >NetworkManager and ModemManager maintainer when I I joined the project more >than a decade ago, before the separate project libraries existed. He wrote the >original MM 1.0 DBus API and I happened to be one of the reviewers in the >mailing list... > >Dan currently works as a freelancer through Ion Control >(http://ioncontrol.co). This enables him to offer custom integration and >troubleshooting services for these projects. This type of engagements allowed >me to keep on maintaining the projects when I was a freelancer, so I totally >suggest every company interested to try it. > >In recent months, I haven't been able to dedicate as much time as needed to >maintainership tasks. I care a lot about these projects, and I think that a >step back from me could mean many steps forward for them. I believe Dan's >leadership and new energy will propel these projects forward. > >Cheers! > >-- >Aleksander
