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Hi Tim, |
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Am Samstag, 7. Oktober 2006 23:19 schrieb Tim Yamin: |
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> I'm afraid that I find that my position with Gentoo is no longer |
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> tenable. Over the past year and especially over the past few months |
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> the ability to keep Gentoo a coherent and smooth environment has been |
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> eroded and hindered at practically every opportunity by bad |
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> decisions, staff, and in some cases, downright incompetence. |
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I'm sorry to see you go, but i cannot agree with you here. |
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More below. |
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> It transpires that from the recent barrage of developers leaving, the |
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> disquiet and increasing lack of congruence of the developer (and to |
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> some extent also the user) communities that something is inherently |
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> wrong. I'm leaving it as an exercise to the reader to explore exactly |
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> what (if anything) is wrong. |
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Honestly, i think you're showing a weak shell here, but that's my |
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personal opinion. QA and council asked you to do something you didn't |
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like to do, and i still don't understand your reasoning. |
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Please think about this decision over a week or so. |
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Kloeri: Please don't file a retirement bug immediately. |
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> Seeing as we have failed to address these challenges over the course |
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> of many months and as a result of continuous recent discussions |
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> (which half the time end up being totally redundant due to |
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> miscommunication) both on -core and on -dev, it is evident that |
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> something is wrong with the core management (or lack thereof, |
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> depending on your point of view). |
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> I no longer have the commitment or desire to follow the road in |
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> solving the above challenges. I'm not really sure whether there even |
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> is a solution. I'd like to add that I have really enjoyed my time in |
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> the past three years working with Gentoo and helping to contribute to |
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> the then vibrant and dynamic community. |
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As have I while working with you, especially and mainly in release |
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engineering. |
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> Lately however, the "fun" and the motivation just hasn't been there |
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> for the reasons I've outlined above; it's finally taken its toll, and |
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> I believe the time to move onto new projects and ventures has finally |
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> come for me. |
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As longas you stay away from microphones ;-) |
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> I would like to wish all of you the very best, and would like to |
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> thank all of you who have (and haven't) made my time here so |
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> enjoyable. |
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Thank you very much |
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> So long, and thanks for all the fish... |
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I think you oughta know that I'm feeling very depressed :-( |
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Danny, who hopes to see you again next year! |
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Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@g.o> |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Project, Gentoo Scientific Project |
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