Very well said. I am optimistic.
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 9:26 PM Gregory Nutt <spudan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is a good discussion to have had before entering the incubator, and > I'm satisfied that the intent is good, and the podling can demonstrate > during incubation that the founder will in fact step back and allow the > project to move forward without the founder's undue influence. > > > > Note that it's fine for the founder to continue to work on the project, > but in a different role. > > I have been standing back and not getting deeply involved with this > discussion because it pertains too closely to me. It is my intention to > divest myself of total authority over the project just as stated in the > Proposal. Further, it is my intention to stay out of the initial > formation of the project as much as possible, in partial fulfillment of > Ted Dunning's "thought experiment." I intend to vote 0 on all decisions > before the PPMC -- unless, I suppose, I had some very strong opinion > about some topic. I cannot imagine what topic that might be, however. > > I will be available as needed for information needed by the others to > accomplish this transition but for the most part, just consider me as on > vacation in place. I will help as much as needed and stay out of the > way as much as possible. > > I suppose I should say a little more about my motivations in this. > Without some understanding, is is reasonable to be skeptical. Yes, the > project is very dear to me and the result of many years of blood, sweat, > and tears and years of work mostly done alone for crazy long hours. > Being a "benevolent dictator" does not proper describe my past role > because I was the ONLY person on the project. I did everything. I > still do. > > There are two things that motivate me: First, the workload has gotten > to be far too much for one person. I dispose of around 60-100 changes > per week and really have no personal life left. It is more than I can > do (and much more than I can do well). The only real way to solve that > is to open the project up to others working as equals. The second, and > more important, motivation is the I am closing in on 70 years old now. > I retired 8 retires ago and I cannot realistically control this project > long into the future. For my personal health and sanity, I really need > to detach and let the project take a life of its own that does not > depend on me in any way. > > I would see the biggest risk to a new PPMC would not be me, but rather > the sheer volume of work that the PPMC is stepping into. I am prepared > for some initial chaos and perhaps a missed release cycle. But I have > come to accept that that is a reasonable price to pay for a clean > knife-edge hand-off. > > Greg > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
