Stepping back

Sérgio Basto sergio at serjux.com
Tue May 15 16:39:25 UTC 2018


On Tue, 2018-05-15 at 12:34 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 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!

yeah , I also don't have any complain about you work :) 

> 
> > 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. :)
> 
> 
-- 
Sérgio M. B.


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