Roland McGrath bows out as glibc maintainer

In what seems to be an acknowledgment of the status quo, rather than a big change, GNU C library (glibc) founder and maintainer Roland McGrath has stepped down from the project. This is not caused by any "big news with me", he said, just a recognition that he has drifted away from the project. "This summer marks 30 years since I began writing the GNU C Library.(That's two thirds of my lifespan so far.) It's long enough.So, I'm hereby declaring myself maintainer emeritus and withdrawing fromdirect involvement in the project. These past several months, if notthe last few years, have proven that you don't need me any more.You'll make good decisions, as you've already made good decisions.You'll actually get around to implementing some of the things I've beensuggesting or meaning to do (or saying I would do) for years, as you'vealready made progress on some of those ideas in recent months. If Istayed around to give advice, you'd ignore my advice to be more paranoidand more cautious, plow ahead anyway, ship it, and then have to redressthe problem when the practical issues manifested, as you've already doneand had to do. :-) All in all, I have no doubt at all that the jobyou're doing now and will do in the future maintaining glibc is betterthan I ever did that job myself and at least as good as my presence inthe project might ever make it." As several responses to the post have already indicated, McGrath will be missed.