From what I gather, ATM, Cloudflare doesn't have employees that could step up and replace Mike, which means it would be foolish of them to burn the bridges with the community.
This is true. There is not obvious replacement for Mike at CloudFlare or elsewhere. I've been hoping that discussion on the mailing list would lead to someone emerging or a consensus.
Also, Mike has said he wants the transition to be 'one to two months' and I have not personally been involved with the LuaJIT community so stepping as lightly as possible while trying to do what Mike wanted (which was have CloudFlare take the load off his shoulders and help the transition).
This is true. There is not obvious replacement for Mike at CloudFlare or elsewhere. I've been hoping that discussion on the mailing list would lead to someone emerging or a consensus.
Also, Mike has said he wants the transition to be 'one to two months' and I have not personally been involved with the LuaJIT community so stepping as lightly as possible while trying to do what Mike wanted (which was have CloudFlare take the load off his shoulders and help the transition).