2021-07-01 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Development Hiatus

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From: Juvenal Mena <ju***a@gmail.com>
Message Hash: 297b37dae0bbba704776ecdb868f0f9c80f4682b8a800f5463c49c69ac155bee
Message ID: <CAFNwkTAH01bXzwCk0QF=ABKtUNCkoh4gbK9pvAXrMZvSW2yZzg@mail.gmail.com>
Reply To: <CAESLx0LZuovisbxbPhxC1sPL00eSTiw11DgYTVmoZnOGbEtt-g@mail.gmail.com>
UTC Datetime: 2021-07-01 11:05:06 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:05:06 -0400

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Tim,
good to hear from you that you and your family are doing well, this was a
great project, when i was a sysadmin i tried and put in production your
software for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (I
worked there). The software never fails, the server was 24/7 with no issue.
You and the community did a great job, hope to hear from you soon.



On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 10:50 AM Tim <ti***8@gmail.com> wrote:

> When I started coding the first version of the Grase Hotspot 13 years ago,
> it was to solve a problem for me and those around me. After developing it
> for a while, I opened it up to the world to share. Over the years I
> continued developing, both for myself (to solve problems around me), and
> for the community that sprung up around it. It's always been my pet
> project, something I'm very proud of, and I hope it's solved many problems
> for others as well. I am really proud of the community that sprung up
> around me, as people helped each other get things working, and contributed
> to the project in various ways.
>
> However, times have changed. As you are aware, the world has changed
> drastically in the last 18 months. For various reasons, my available time
> to work on the Grase Hotspot has been reduced many times over the years. My
> family has grown, work demands have increased. Time is precious, and
> choosing where to spend our time is one of the most important things we can
> do. It is time to be clear, both to myself and the community, that I am
> choosing to spend my time on my family instead of the Grase Hotspot
> development.
>
> Two years ago I was considering changes to my work commitments, which
> would have allowed more development on the Grase Hotspot to be done,
> assuming the funding was available. However, there was never enough funding
> to make that a reality, and with the change in the global work environment,
> it's no longer something I am willing to do. More donations will not
> magically fix the time issue, and so I have disabled the donation forms and
> cancelled any remaining recurring donations.
>
> I thank you, the community, for the support over the years, in responding
> to others on the mailing list, translation files, bug reporting, bug fixes,
> logo designs, and donations. We would never have gotten this far without
> the community.
>
> All the code is still available on Github and Gitlab, although as archived
> repositories. (https://github.com/GraseHotspot/grase-www-portal and
> https://gitlab.com/grase/grase-www-portal/ are the main repos). For now,
> the apt repo's will continue to operate, however I make no promise about
> how long they'll operate for. They are actually in git repo's as well, so
> if you need the files, they are always there. The mailing list will
> continue to operate, unless everyone unsubscribes, then I'll close it down.
>
> If someone wants to fork things and continue development, I welcome them
> to step up, fork the repo and start! And if things are progressing, I'm
> happy to work with them to publish releases for everyone (and even merge it
> back to the main repo). Rest assured, I will not hand over the keys
> (signing keys) of the apt repo's to anyone, that is too much of a security
> risk. If a fork is continuing, and I'm not able to merge it back to the
> main repo and push releases from there, it will be upto the forker to run
> their own apt repo, with their own keys.
>
> Lastly, things can change. If my time situation changes in the future,
> I'll revisit the Grase Hotspot then, and see if there is still a place for
> it in the community, and if what we have can be resurrected.
>
> God Bless
>
> Tim
>
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