Intent to orphan

Marco Atzeri marco.atzeri@gmail.com
Tue Sep 29 14:44:23 GMT 2026


On 26/09/2026 17:14, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 26/09/2026 14:04, Adam Dinwoodie via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'm intending to abandon the various packages I maintain. I'll copy
>> the full list below, but most importantly, that includes Git.
>>
>> A combination of shifting to WSL in work and native Linux on my
>> personal machines means I haven't needed Cygwin for a while. I wanted
>> to keep looking after the packages I maintain, but family caregiving
>> responsibilities mean I just haven't had the time and energy.
>> Acknowledging that and passing the baton is well overdue.
>>
>> This will leave the following packages without a maintainer:
>>
>> - asciidoc
>> - git
>> - git-filter-repo
>> - inih
>> - moreutils
>> - python-rfc6555
>> - rdfind
>> - the_silver_searcher
>>

I took over the small utilities
+asciidoc                                     Marco Atzeri
+inih                                         Marco Atzeri
+moreutils                                    Marco Atzeri
+python-rfc6555                               Marco Atzeri
+rdfind                                       Marco Atzeri
+the_silver_searcher                          Marco Atzeri


> Except git all the packages seem small utilities, so I can add them to 
> my responsibilities.
> 
> If no one else want git I will also take it.

For git I will wait the result of the discussion
(conscription call-up) that Jon started ;-)
Regards
Marco



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