[sbopkg-users] Sbopkg Development Announcement

[Pierre Cazenave]

On 19/11/2010 14:30, Chess Griffin wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> I wanted to send a short announcement to the list to let folks know
> that I have officially handed over sbopkg maintenance to slakmagik
> and Mauro Giachero.  As you probably know, both of them have been
> actively involved in sbopkg development for a long, long time and
> ever since coming on board, they have driven most of the important
> improvements. The reasons for my stepping down are fairly common, I
> guess:  work and family life.  It's all good stuff, so no worries
> there, but the fact of the matter is that in the past 6-9 months I
> have found myself with little time for sbopkg development or other
> Linux-y general hacking. Sbopkg needs people with the time and
> ability to improve and maintain it.
>
> I am very proud of sbopkg and am pleased with what it has become.  I
> have full confidence in the ability of slakmagik and Mauro to
> continue maintaining it.  These guys have taught me a lot and they
> have improved sbopkg far beyond what I could have done alone.  Thanks
> to both of them for helping out and for agreeing to carry the torch.
> They are actively working on sbopkg development right now, so there
> will continue to be regular and steady releases.
>
> I'd also like to thank all of the sbopkg users for the bug reports,
> suggestions, and general support.  I am really glad that so many
> folks find this utility helpful.
>
> Please continue to send your bug reports to the Google Code Issue
> Tracker, or post to the sbopkg mailing list, or drop slakmagik or
> Mauro an email (please don't send them to me).
>
> Keep on Slackin'!
>

Thanks for creating sbopkg. I can confidently say it's significantly 
improved my Slackware experience.

Best of luck with your future projects,

Pierre