Hi list, First, the schedule for our next release.
Our previous one was on 2020-08-23, so in keeping with a roughly half yearly release pace, I figured 2021-02-14, a Sunday, would be a nice target date ;-) I have created a 1.0.32 milestone[1] to organize the release and will be adding merge requests merged to `master` and issues that have been addressed since our 1.0.31 release some time soon. If you're merging to `master` from today on until the feature freeze, please add the 1.0.32 milestone to the merge request as well as to any issues resolved by the merge. Feature freeze is on 2021-01-24, which is when the milestone starts. Code freeze is on 2021-02-07 and Release on 2021-02-14. [1]: https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/milestones/5 Next, "packing my bags". On 2015-09-11, I appointed[2] myself SANE Project Janitor. That was 5 years, 2 months and 3 days ago. Since our 1.0.31 release, I have been thinking a fair bit about my involvement in the SANE Project and how it is keeping me from dedicating time to other things I'd like to pursue. I've finally made up my mind and will be leaving the project after the next release. # Probably on 2021-02-16 as that is 5 years, 5 months and 5 days after I # appointed myself. I have something with "special" numbers and on top # of that five is pronounced "go" in Japanese, so it's "go, go, go" ;-) If anyone is willing to step up as a next janitor of sorts or even just as a kind of "release manager", I'll be happy to help out with getting that person up to speed on things, insofar necessary. If no-one steps up, I guess it'll be up to the current project members to sort things out amongst themselves. In parallel to working towards the 1.0.32 release, I will be going through the open SANE Project merge requests and issues assigned to me as well as any open issues I authored. I also have a few handfuls of GitLab To Dos related to the SANE Project that I'll need to get Done. I wish to leave the project responsibly and with a clean slate. [2]: https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-devel/2015-September/033796.html Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join
