Project abandoned by originator?

[oyvindlr]

The latest release was three years ago, and the latest commit was two years ago. Meanwhile, there are a multitude of issues and pull requests that go unnoticed. Presumably @chriskiehl has abandoned this project. However, the project seems to be popular, and there are many potential contributors.
So my question is, could you, @chriskiehl let someone else take control of the project? Alternatively, if he does not answer, does anyone want to start a semi-official fork?

[AndrewBuiltThis]

Agreed - would love if this got some small QoL updates and had some ongoing support but don't want to usurp the OG

[chriskiehl]

Howdy folks!

Is this project abandoned? In my head, no. I'd say more 'on pause' while I pursue other things (I'm currently writing a book!). This little project has been a big part of my programming life (it stretches all the way back to when I was taking my very first steps with software development), so it'd be very hard for me to totally abandon it. However, it's hard to argue with @oyvindlr. Three years between releases is a crummy state for the project to be in.

I'm happy to give commit rights to a few folks. I'd like to hear where you want to take the project first.

Despite my absence, I have strong opinions on what Gooey should definitely not be. Not every PR warrants a merge. Not every pet feature request needs implemented. Gooey is an extremely simple tool and should remain that way. It doesn't need to do everything people ask for (you'll need to gently remind them that terminals already exist). Its sights are ultimately very modest.

I highly favor conservatism over "shipping features". Correctness and stability trump velocity. If my flavor of stodgy crankiness aligns with yours, commit access granted 😄

[oyvindlr]

Thank you very much for the update, @chriskiehl ! Whoever gets commit rights should obviously be someone familiar with the code, and unfortunately that is not me at the moment. I was looking through the pull requests to see if anyone had any major contributions that might suggest they were familiar with more than a small piece of the code, but unfortunately I couldn't find anyone fitting (I may have overlooked someone though). If anyone would like to volunteer, please speak up! How about @AndrewBuiltThis ?