HTML_Template_IT maintainer application

Hello all, I am writing to you all to register my interest in maintaining the HTML_Template_IT package. With over three years since the last stable release, the development on HTML_Template_IT has been quite slow. However I am of the opinion there are numerous improvements both in speed and features that could be implemented in order to regain some market use. I feel HTML_Template_IT (with a few improvements) could become an excellent bare-bones templating engine. As you all can see, I've posted a bug and a patch fixing said bug for the package in question. With nobody maintaining the package I fear my patch (and any future patches I make) will take quite a while to be merged. It is my proposal that I assume the role of maintaining HTML_Template_IT to ensure it's ongoing development. A bit about myself: I am a final year Bachelor of Engineering & Bachelor of Computer Science student, from Melbourne Australia. My primary language is C++, though I consider myself very skilled in writing PHP, C, JS and Java. I've dabbled in PHP for the past 6 years, but in the last year I've coded in it quite extensively. If my application is successful, this would be my first big collaborative "project" however I understand the importance of consistency in code and other ideals with regards to large software projects. If anyone has any queries, I am more than happy to answer, and I look forward to hearing from you all. Thank you, Gregory Currie (gregorycu)