ANN: Change in libqmi/libmbim/MM maintainership

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2024-12-27 at 14:52 +0000, Aleksander Morgado wrote:
> Hey hey!
> 
> We are pleased to announce that Dan Williams (dan at ioncontrol.co) will
> be 
> taking over as the primary maintainer for libqrtr-glib, libqmi,
> libmbim, 
> and ModemManager.
> 
>  From now on, new stable libqrtr-glib, libqmi, libmbim and
> ModemManager 
> versions will be released by him. The tags in git will be signed with
> his key, and can be verified (git tag --verify <tag>) after having 
> imported his public key (from 
> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/0x734614319E26A433.asc
>  
> or after synchronizing with the openpgp keyserver).
> 
> Dan is not unknown to the projects, quite the opposite! Dan was the 
> single NetworkManager and ModemManager maintainer when I I joined the
> project more than a decade ago, before the separate project libraries
> existed. He wrote the original MM 1.0 DBus API and I happened to be
> one 
> of the reviewers in the mailing list...
> 
> Dan currently works as a freelancer through Ion Control 
> (http://ioncontrol.co). This enables him to offer custom integration
> and 
> troubleshooting services for these projects. This type of engagements
> allowed me to keep on maintaining the projects when I was a
> freelancer, 
> so I totally suggest every company interested to try it.
> 
> In recent months, I haven't been able to dedicate as much time as
> needed 
> to maintainership tasks. I care a lot about these projects, and I
> think 
> that a step back from me could mean many steps forward for them. I 
> believe Dan's leadership and new energy will propel these projects
> forward.

Thanks for all that you've done and will continue to do! I hope to live
up to your example.

Dan


> 
> Cheers!
> 
> -- 
> Aleksander