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From: Chris Li <sparse@chrisli.org>
To: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
Subject: Sparse maintainership
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:44:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACePvbXDO1ZybDu3RaFhED9D-9gC6LTMpWrxoh5xD+ZO5SLdzA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Very sorry that I disappeared from the project for a very long time.

I was the sparse maintainer until someone really wanted the sparse
project maintenance and fought me over it.

I was deeply wounded at that time and felt sick of the situation. I
pulled the plug completely, I stopped caring.

I was afraid to click on the sparse mailing list folder, even though I
am still subscribed to it, like a wounded puppy afraid to lick the
wound. I can observe the number of unread emails in the sparse folder
is growing, I assume the project is doing great with the new
maintainer. I am afraid to look inside.

I accidentally clicked on this folder today. To my surprise  the
project seems unmaintained.
That breaks my heart, again.

I would like to get some clarification on the mailing list:
Is the sparse project still maintained? I really don't want to step on
anybody's toe.

If not, does anyone mind if I slowly resume some maintainer duty at a
very very slow pace?

I have much less capacity in hobby projects than I used to nowadays.
If I ever pick up again, I can't promise any capacity or SLO. It will
be my own very slow peace. I just feel sad to see the project I used
to care so much got unmaintained.

If there are any objections, please let me know in the mail list or privately.

Thanks and sorry about the disappearance. At least I feel brave enough
to click on the sparse folder now.

Chris

next             reply	other threads:[~2025-09-18 15:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-18 15:44 Chris Li [this message]
2025-09-18 15:57 ` Sparse maintainership Derek M Jones
2025-09-18 17:04 ` Ben Dooks
2025-09-18 18:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-09-21 20:24   ` Chris Li

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