On 09/08/19 01:03PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Pratyush Yadav <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >> If you meant to volunteer to act as a git-gui maintainer, that would > >> be wonderful. Then I do not have to play an interim maintainer. > > > > Yes, I do mean to volunteer to act as a git-gui maintainer. > > > > Is there something I should know other than > > Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt? > > Well, I do not think that document has anything useful for being a > maintainer for git-gui in it. > > The Git community members needs to be able to trust that the new > Git-gui maintainer would make a sensible decision when picking up > (or asking to improve) a patch from the list to collect and forward > to me. We somehow need to make sure that happens. Yes, but how? Of course, I don't intend to run this thing into the ground. I want the project to be useful for everyone. I only recently got involved with the project, and so most people here don't know me or my work that well. Maybe me contributing to the main git project can help. But other than that, the only way to build that trust is with time. > It also is nice if we can get the handing over the maintainership > endorsed by the current Git-gui maintainer. Well, Pat has not replied to your email, so I don't think that will be possible. > Compared to that, the procedural issues (how the patches are > reviewed, when and how they are forwarded to me, etc.) are much less > important. Of course. But knowing them doesn't hurt :). [0] https://public-inbox.org/git/CAP8UFD1C_FD5TLz0oyn6QzGU2rdvvTe6PNhpK29vkMfuHim-qg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ -- Regards, Pratyush Yadav
