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Software RAID Maintainership
Neil Brown has stepped down as the software RAID maintainer after 15 years at the post. He explained that he'd been losing interest in the project lately and had not been able to attract any potential replacements. As a result, he decided not to push too hard for a clean handoff, but instead to simply step down and allow the vacuum to be filled by whoever ends up having the greatest need to fill it.
In terms of how he envisioned software RAID maintainership in the future, Neil said, "I think it would be great if a (small) team formed to continue to oversee md [Multiple Device driver] rather than just a single individual (or maybe the dm [Device Mapper] team could extend to include md??). If I had managed to be part of a team rather than "going it alone" for so long, I might feel less tired of the whole thing now." And he added:
A few people have been mentioned to me in earlier less-public conversations. Any of them may well be suitable, but I would rather they named themselves if interested.
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