Additional Buddylist module maintainers needed

The Buddylist module is one of the fundamental pieces of building a social networking site with Drupal. It is a good piece of work with a proud history of developers and maintainers, and has been deployed on some very prominent sites. As the current maintainer of the module, I had the opportunity to add many features to it while updating it to be compatible with 4.7. Alas, there is not enough time in the day, and I'm falling behind with the issue queue. In addition, there are many feature requests that make a lot of sense (and even patches to add great features that need testing). Finally, there will soon be a necessary update to be ready for 4.8/5.0. It is clear that if this module is to remain a vital and interesting addition to the Drupal family, more developers need to be involved with maintaining it.

If you value the Buddylist module and depend on it for your sites, and are in a position to help out, the following positions are available:

• A dedicated 4.6 branch maintainer. There are many issues that are specific to 4.6 that merit fixing.
• A dedicated 4.7 maintainer. This person will have the freedom to add features to 4.7. I will work directly with you and assist as best I can.
• A a dedicated 4.8/5.0 visionary/maintainer. This person will not only help in updating the module to be compatible with HEAD and later 4.8/5.0, but will also help make decisions about the overall direction that the module should take.

A developer can take on more of these roles if they care to. I will continue to be the module's maintainer and have not ceased developing on it; I just want to guarantee that during the times when I'm busy and not directly involved with it, that the Buddylist module shouldn't be dormant and inactive.

Contact me via my contact form if you're interested in helping out.