(Cross-posting this message I sent to pkg-raspi-maintainers for broader visibility.)
I started building Raspberry Pi images because I thought there should be an easy, official way to install Debian on the Raspberry Pi.
I still believe that, but I’m not actually using Debian on any of my Raspberry Pis anymore¹, so my personal motivation to do any work on the images is gone.
On top of that, I realize that my commitments exceed my spare time capacity, so I need to get rid of responsibilities.
Therefore, I’m looking for someone to take up maintainership of the Raspberry Pi images. Numerous people have reached out to me with thank you notes and questions, so I think the user interest is there. Also, I’ll be happy to answer any questions that you might have and that I can easily answer. Please reply here (or in private) if you’re interested.
If I can’t find someone within the next 7 days, I’ll put up an announcement message in the raspi3-image-spec README, wiki page, and my blog posts, stating that the image is unmaintained and looking for a new maintainer.
Thanks for your understanding,
① just in case you’re curious, I’m now running cross-compiled Go programs directly under a Linux kernel and minimal userland, see https://gokrazy.org/