On 15/03/16 19:19, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
The joys of Spring (or Fall for our friends in the Southern
Hemisphere) are now upon us. The change of seasons spurs us to
implement our own changes, to start anew. It's a time to reflect on
the past, appreciate it, and then do a little Spring cleaning.
As I write this to you, I'm doing my own reflecting. It's been quite a
journey we've undertaken within the QA community. It's not always been
easy, but I think we are poised for even greater success with Xenial
than Trusty and Precise LTS's. We have continued ramping up our
quality efforts to test new platforms, such as the phone and IOT
devices, while also implementing automated testing via things like
autopkgtest and autopilot. Nevertheless, the desktop images have
continued to release like clockwork. We're testing more things, more
often, while still managing to raise our quality bar.
I want to thank all of the volunteers who've helped make each of those
releases a reality. Oftentimes quality can be a background job, with
thank you's going unsaid, while complaints are easy to find. Truly,
it's been wonderful learning and hacking on quality efforts with you.
So thank you!
So if this post sounds a bit like a farewell, that's because it is. At
least in a way. Moving forward, I'll be transitioning to working on a
new challenge. Don't worry, I'm keeping my QA hat on, and staying
firmly within the realm of ubuntu! However, the time has come to try
my hand at a different side of ubuntu. That's right, it's time to head
to the last frontier, juju!
I'll be working on improving the quality story for juju, but I believe
juju has real opportunities to enable the testing story within ubuntu
too. I'm looking forward to the new challenges, and sharing best
practices. We're all working on ubuntu at it's heart, no matter our
focus.
Moving forward, I'll still be around in my usual haunts. You'll still
be able to poke me on IRC, or send me a mail, and I'm certainly still
going to be watching what happens within quality with interest. That
said, you are much more likely to find me discussing juju, servers and
charms in #juju.
As with anything, please feel free to contact me directly if you have
any concerns or questions. I plan to wind down my involvement during
the next few weeks. I'll be handing off any lingering project roles,
and stepping down gracefully. Ubuntu 'Y' will begin anew, with fresh
challenges and fresh opportunities. I know there are folks waiting to
tackle them!
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This post was a copy of what's on my blog[1]. Please feel free to ask
any questions or voice any concerns you like. I'll be around through
the end of Xenial, but less and less until release. I will make sure
I'm transitioning any on-going projects or work, but don't hesitate it
you have something you need specifically from me before I go.
Again, it's been a pleasure working with all of you! I'll miss you all
and wish you all well in the future. It truly is hard to go.
Here's to a great Xenial release!
Nicholas
1. http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2016/03/reflections.html
so ch-ch-ch-ch-changes then :)
Been great working with you - you'll know how long that is ...
Not sad to see you go - you're just around the block a bit, so not gone ;)
Good luck in your new world though
All the best (assuming you do the merge revert first :D )
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