Stepping back

[Michel Dänzer]

On 2018-05-14 09:50 PM, Adam Jackson wrote:
> tl;dr: I will not be release manager for 1.21, nor for anything
> thereafter either, and this time that's probably permanent.
> 
> I won't make this too long to read though, it's not complicated. In a
> technical sense, I don't feel that I've been an effective release
> manager, evidenced if by nothing else than the wild gap between
> projected and actual release dates for 1.20. I don't feel capable of
> being all of individual contributor, reviewer of last resort, arbiter
> of taste and technical direction, and tree sheriff; I certainly don't
> feel capable of fulfilling all those roles while working largely in
> isolation.

I think you're being too hard on yourself here; you've done a tremendous
job, thank you!


> From the project's perspective, I don't think it's healthy for the same
> roles to continue to be held by the same few people.

That's certainly true.


> And, personally, I've been more or less focused on xserver for well
> over a decade, and I badly need a change of scenery.

I can relate to that feeling. :)


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