Linux/PPC maintainer changing
Starting today, Paul Mackerras ([email protected]) is taking over as maintainer of the Linux/PPC 32-bit tree and will continue as the Linux/PPC 64-bit tree maintainer.
The stable and development trees (2.2 and 2.4) will be moving away from the FSMLabs ftp/rsync/BitKeeper repository to the vger.kernel.org CVS tree. Changes should continue to flow into the main tree available from kernel.org.
Cort has put in an enormous amount of time and effort into maintaining the PowerPC port of Linux over the past 5 or 6 years, and I for one would like to acknowledge that publicly and thank him for that. It has not always been an easy task, I know, because there are a wide range of opinions within the PPC/Linux camp and Cort has been the man on the spot to sort out the balance between the competing interests. And I for one will miss the time, effort and resources he has put into the infrastructure things such as the repository, web pages, ftp site etc.
I would also like to thank FSM Labs for contributing the space and bandwidth for the PPC/Linux repository over the last couple of years.
Paul.
Add my voice to those saying "Thanks, Cort". I'm not sure if everyone is aware of the amount of work he's done, it's a lot. We were aware of it because he took a chance on early versions of BK and we worked through many a late night problem with him; BK is certainly much better because of Cort & the PPC team.
I think the job that Cort did is a tough job for anyone to do, it involves a lot of different people and personalities and it is a pretty much thankless job.
Anyway, the beer is on me next time we meet, Cort. Thanks.
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