Thanks for all your hard work on this project Aleksander. You've really been an amazing FOSS maintainer and your leadership has clearly had a huge impact on a lot of people here!
Cheers, Matthew On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 9:09 AM Florin <floci...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to both of you Aleksander and Dan for all the tremendous work on > these projects. > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2024, 17:12 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 >> >
