<div dir="ltr"><div>This looks exciting, welcome along. If you want to get the process started we'd make an incubation page. I can help out if you like, give me a ping on KDE Development room on Matrix (<a href="http://webchat.kde.org">webchat.kde.org</a>)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://community.kde.org/Incubator">https://community.kde.org/Incubator</a></div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 at 20:59, <a href="mailto:alexander.esseling@googlemail.com">alexander.esseling@googlemail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:alexander.esseling@gmail.com">alexander.esseling@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Ladies and Gentlemen:<br><br>I am writing to you on behalf of the Exiv2 project <a href="https://exiv2.org" target="_blank">https://exiv2.org</a>.<br><br>Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. It is widely used in the Linux ecosystem and part of many applications such as digiKam, Gimp, darktable and many more.<br><br>The Exiv2 project is hosted at the moment on GitHub (<a href="https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2" target="_blank">https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2</a>). We would like to evaluate the possibility of onboarding the Exiv2 project into the KDE community.<br><br>The project is in good shape and the next release is scheduled to ship May 2021. There is a small group of people who frequently contribute to the project. However the current maintainer, Robin Mills, is retiring at the age of 70 after 13 years of service to the project. Robin has written a book about the project and discusses every aspect of both the Exiv2 Architecture and Image Metadata Standards. <a href="https://clanmills.com/exiv2/book/" target="_blank">https://clanmills.com/exiv2/book/</a><br><br>Last Saturday (2021-02-27) there was a meeting concerning the future of the Exiv2 and we tried to find a new maintainer. Regrettably because of the time demand imposed on the maintainer, no one volunteered. By joining the KDE community we hope to address this issue and keep this important project alive. The meeting notes can be found on the GitHub issue (<a href="https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1466" target="_blank">https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1466</a>).<br><br>In addition to finding a new maintainer, being part of KDE would bring Exiv2 into the Open Invention Network. We are very interested in this aspect of KDE as it mitigates risks involved in patent discussions. <br><div><br></div><div>Yours,</div><div><br></div><div>Alex Esseling and Robin Mills</div></div>
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