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Sigil has a new caretaker

July 23rd, 2011 · Sigil

You might recall that about a month ago I posted a request concerning Sigil, the Epub editor. Its developer was moving on to a job at Google, and he no longer had time to support and maintain the app.

Strahinja  announced today that he’s found someone to take over.

As of today, the official maintainer for both Sigil and FlightCrew is John Schember (“user_none” on MobileRead). He’s a very bright and competent guy. He’s got what it takes, trust me. As a community, please give him the same consideration and respect you gave me. It will take him many weeks (if not a few months) to get fully up to speed with the codebase, so patience and a warm welcome from the community will make sure things go smoothly.

To those that are still on the fence on whether to contribute to Sigil’s development or not, get off that fence and help out John. :)

I’ve never met John, but I know of him and I know that you have likely used his work. He’s been a contributor to calibre for several years now, and a good part of the early e-reader device support was his work.

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The Sigil Epub editor is in need of a new home

June 17th, 2011 · Sigil

The developer behind Sigil, the best (and only) free Epub editor, posted a request yesterday. He’s looking for someone to take over Sigil as the new maintainer. He recently accepted a job with Google, and the new position won’t leave him enough time to give Sigil the care it deserves.

His post is from yesterday, so there’s a small chance he already has a volunteer. But please contact him if you’re interested. Sigil is a useful app and its death would be a loss to us all.

You can reach Darko through his blog.

 

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