Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Sabbatical and new project registrations

[Jim Meyering]

Alex Fernandez wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> I have been busy lately with other projects, and I could not devote
> any real time to Savannah registration tasks. It appears that nobody
> else did, and as a result new projects have been piling up (65 open as
> of this writing, 29 with status None). Furthermore, the situation is
> not about to improve on my side: I am not going to be able to devote
> time to Savannah for the next few months. So I'm planning to take a
> sabbatical period as Savannah admin until I can do a thorough job.
>
> Meanwhile our users are expecting us to review their submissions,
> which is fortunate for Savannah as new blood is entering the system.
> But the process is too time-consuming as it is and it requires too
> much hand holding; as a suggestion, perhaps it could be simplified. I
> am planning to clear the queue for all projects that have been
> registered so far, so that any new people willing to take over the job
> can do so without a huge burden. Let me know if this is OK with you.
>
> I will continue using Savannah regularly as part of my project eLyXer,
> even if it is rather in maintenance mode. Thanks for everything, and
> keep up the good work!

Hi Alex,
Sorry to hear that you're taking a break from Savannah.
It's very good of you to do all of that work to clear the queue.
Very nice gesture.

Thank you!

Jim