On 16.04.20 19:54, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:50 PM Aapo Talvensaari aapo.talvensaari@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:44 AM Jeffrey Walton noloader@gmail.com wrote:
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I agree with Tim. If project is of any importance, as I think Nettle is, there is no problem in finding a new maintainer in case it is needed.
If Niels dies then here is what happens (sorry Niels)...
Nettle at Lysator becomes stale over time and bugs won't get fixed because no one has access to the sources. Most users will continue to use Lysator because that is what search engines return.
https://www.lysator.liu.se/foreningen/kontakt/
I'll fork and fix OS X. Some users will use my fork.
Tim will fork and add curve448 stuff. Some users will use Tim's fork.
Given that we have some sort of communication skill, we can publicly talk about our plans on this mailing list and agree upon future maintenance. I really don't see any problems as long as *at least* one person is willing to become maintainer. Everything else is details.
Tim