Re: Call for new GNATS maintainer

[Andrew Gray]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:45:46AM -0500, Chad Walstrom wrote:
> I've talked with my supervisor about stepping up as GNATS maintainer.
> He is willing to allow 5% of my time at work to contintribute to the
> project.

Great, that is good news!

>  However, there are a few hoops I have to jump through before
> anything is official:

OK, I hope that goes well.

> If all this goes well, that still means only 5% development time in a
> 40+ hr work week.  Is two hours per week enough?  Obviously, to make
> that an effective use of time, I'd have to block it off from other
> activities.  I'm already adding personal time for the Debian packages
> (although I have the OK to work on software we use for purposes of
> installation and maintenance, it's not "officially" development time).

I agree with Yngve, I think two hours per week is enough, particularly
if it is regular (and it is more than I have been applying to GNATS).

> I'll keep you all posted.

Thanks.

-- 
Andrew Gray
GNU GNATS Maintainer