Re: Maintainers? [Re: Booting from CD]

[OKUJI Yoshinori]

From: Gordon Matzigkeit <address@hidden>
Subject: Maintainers? [Re: Booting from CD]
Date: 25 Apr 2001 16:10:01 -0600

> So, it's almost inaccurate to call me a maintainer.  Okuji has pulled
> that load almost entirely by himself for a long time now.  Last I
> talked with him, he found it tiring, and is enjoying working on other
> projects in Ruby (http://www.ruby-lang.org/).

I'm now working on an intelligent MySQL shell written by Ruby, so I
have no spare time to devote myself to GRUB. I still have an interest
in GRUB (perhaps because I know it could be much better), but I don't
think I can do much work for GRUB (in a foreseeable future), in
particular, user support. I must say, all I can do for now is to say,
"Yes, your patch is right. Please apply it to the CVS" or "No, you
are wrong. Don't apply your patch to the CVS". I can't do anything
more than advise.

> I have to say that Grub has a track record of burning people out (that
> is why I stepped forward in the first place to annex it from Erich
> Boleyn).  So, if you want to work with Grub, either know how to pace
> yourself, or else be prepared to be overwhelmed.

That's right. *sigh*

Okuji