CMake snap will be removed shortly

Hi folks. I am the current and original maintainer of the cmake snap, and also one of the CMake co-maintainers. Due to circumstances related to EU law changes, I am no longer willing to continue maintaining the cmake snap. I have sought to arrange with Canonical a smooth transition of the maintainership of the cmake snap, but unfortunately despite repeated attempts to open a dialog with them, they have failed to engage with me in any discussion (apart from acknowledging through a third party my attempt to reach them).

Given the situation, I am left with little alternative but to withdraw the cmake snap from the snap store. I plan to do this some time next week. Once I remove the snap from public availability, if you have the cmake snap installed, it should continue to work, but updates or reinstalls won’t be available.

I remain open to dialog should Canonical choose to get in contact, but my time scales are short and cannot be extended.

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Hey @crascit@crascit, please give me a day or two to get in touch with you. One of my team members is very interested in taking this up. I will email you.

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Hoping the above proves fruitful :slight_smile:

Out of curiosity, would you be at liberty to expand on the legislative side what’s prompting this?

Sorry no, I do not wish to get involved in public legal discussions around this.

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I’m pleased to report the transfer of ownership has been resolved and Canonical is now the owner of the cmake snap. Thanks to @rroessler for taking it on.

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