> Consider yourself contacted ;-) I'll sign up for:
>
> * Graphics
> * Balloon
> * Compression
> * FFI
>
> I don't think there is any doubt as to my qualifications in these  
> areas (after all I wrote probably half of the code in these  
> packages ;-) but if you have any doubts, please ask. The reason why  
> I am choosing these packages and not others is simply that they are  
> also critical to the work in Tweak and Croquet and therefore  
> deserve special attention on my part.

Excellent news!

> In the next step, I'll figure out where to put the master  
> repositories for the above packages (e.g., SqF or Impara, where the  
> latter has better maintenance as far as I am concerned) and look  
> for further people who have an interest in the above areas. If you  
> are interested in any of these areas, please let me know so we can  
> get started. I am *definitely* looking for more people since my  
> time is limited and I would like to have some active co-maintainers.
>
> Let me also briefly outline my initial plans for the above  
> packages. In the FFI and Compression package, stability and  
> consistency are the most important goals right now. I have no plans  
> to do any major changes, just making sure things work as well (or  
> better) as they are right now. I will request that the FFI be  
> removed from the "basic" image, however. It has no more right to be  
> in a basic image than VMMaker ;-)

ok!
Do you want me to remove the FFI classes from the next 39a?

> Balloon will see some work. Initially, it will be split into  
> (roughly) three packages: The actual "Balloon" package will consist  
> exclusively of the rendering related parts. The "Truetype" package  
> will deal with TTFontDescription and friends. Finally, the "Flash"  
> package will deal with the flash stuff in there. Since I am not  
> planning to put any effort into maintaining anything Morphic  
> related I am interested in splitting out and handing over the flash  
> package alltogether. If you are interested, let me know.

Andreas if nobody cares we can manage it as a morphic packages and  
take care of potential bugs.
>
> Finally, the graphics package. While stability is a major goal here  
> too, I am planning to do some modifications. This includes  
> rectifying the dichotomy between the "regular" and the "multi" text  
> processing facilities and to make sure that "multi" text processing  
> is as fast (or faster) as "regular" text processing. In the long  
> term, this also includes a better approach to scalable graphics  
> (Ned's work with cairo will play a role here).
>
> None of these issues are any pressing matter, so it'll definitely  
> take some time to get done and I have no intention to declare  
> victory by next week or so ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
>
>