2014-03-03 21:01 GMT+04:00 David Edelsohn <dje....@gmail.com>: > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Denis Chertykov <cherty...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2014-03-03 15:35 GMT+04:00 David Brown <da...@westcontrol.com>: >>> On 02/03/14 19:24, Denis Chertykov wrote: >>>> I would remove two maintainers for AVR port: >>>> 1. Anatoly Sokolov <ae...@post.ru> >>>> 2. Eric Weddington <eric.wedding...@atmel.com> >>>> >>>> I have discussed the removal with Anatoly Sokolov and he is agree with it. >>>> I can't discuss the removal with Eric Weddington because his mail >>>> address invalid. >>>> >>>> Must somebody approve the removal ? (Or I can just apply it) >>>> >>>> Denis. >>>> >>> >>> Eric Weddington has left Atmel, so his address will no longer be valid. >>> I don't know if he still has time to work with AVRs, or if he would >>> still be able to be a maintainer for the AVR port. But I am pretty sure >>> that his new job will not involve AVR's significantly, so it would only >>> be as a hobby (or at best, as a normal avr gcc user). >>> >>> Atmel includes gcc in their development tool (AVR Studio), as well as >>> providing pre-built packages (for Windows and Linux) with the avr-libc >>> library and related tools, using snapshots of mainline gcc with a few >>> patches (for things like support of newer devices). So it seems >>> reasonable to expect that they will be interested in the development and >>> maintenance of the avr port of gcc even though Eric has now left them. >>> If you would like, I can try to contact Atmel and ask if they have >>> someone who would like to take Eric's seat as a port maintainer (or you >>> could do so yourself from Atmel's website). >> >> I'm not looking for additional maintainers I just want to remove inactive. > > Maintainers can resign at any time. Mentoring and nominating new > maintainers is appreciated. > > Note that maintainers are a personal appointment, not a company > appointment, so job changes do not affect maintainership. > > You can apply the change to remove Anatoly's name. Someone should > confirm with Eric Weddington that he wishes to resign.
Thank you for explanation. I'm waiting for Eric. His new email address: eric.wedding...@gmail.com Denis.
