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