[tz] Tim Parenti as backup TZ Coordinator?
Alan Perry
alanp at snowmoose.com
Thu May 21 06:09:44 UTC 2020
On 5/20/20 3:03 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Tim Parenti's recent emails to the list reminded me that I'd long been
> meaning to nominate him to be my backup as TZ Coordinator. We should
> have a backup in case I am no longer available due to retirement or
> whatever, not that I'm planning to retire any time soon. I would like
> to start by giving him commit privileges to the development repository
> on GitHub, so that his contributions can become part of releases more
> easily.
>
> Tim has been a longtime and substantial contributor to tzdb, as
> evidenced by his detailed and careful patches. Although he's mostly
> worked in the tzdata area, he's also proficient on the code side, as
> his recent patch proposals demonstrate. He and I have corresponded by
> email about this and he's indicated his willingness to take on the
> responsibility. I'd appreciate reactions to Tim's offer to be backup;
> please respond within the next week.
I haven't actually worked with tzcode or tzdata in over 15 years, but it
is a topic that still interests me, so I am still here. If my opinion
counts for anything, +1
alan
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