From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 8 15:50:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEAA337B401; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 15:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jkh-gw.queasyweasel.com (adsl-64-173-3-158.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [64.173.3.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A639343FB1; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 15:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@queasyweasel.com) Received: from queasyweasel.com (jkh@narcissus.queasyweasel.com [64.173.15.99])h58MmK2J010416; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 15:48:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@queasyweasel.com) Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 15:49:58 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: Will Andrews From: Jordan K Hubbard In-Reply-To: <20030608210424.GJ35503@procyon.firepipe.net> Message-Id: <87E253E8-9A03-11D7-A2A2-000393BB9222@queasyweasel.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) cc: ports@FreeBSD.org cc: kde@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Alan Eldridge 1961-2003 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 22:50:03 -0000 My sincere condolences.. I did not know Alan, but I know how tight-knit the FreeBSD community is and how much this affects everyone, whether they were friends with him or not. I hope this sad event is also a strong reminder to people that "FreeBSD" has always been far more than a mere collection of code, the actual code being perhaps one of the least significant reasons that people are drawn to it and stay around for so long. FreeBSD is first and foremost a community, for some a community even closer than family. As with all families, there are frequently squabbles with harsh words exchanged and feelings hurt, but I hope that no one lets such incidents come between them and the fundamental realization that, after this much time spent in one another's company, we're still family whether we all get along or not. When someone in our family dies, we all grieve. I may not be as active in FreeBSD these days as I wish I could be, and I think a certain ebb and flow of involvement with the actual coding work is only natural given life's other demands and changing circumstances, but I'm still extremely proud of this community and the strength it has had to accomplish things that no single one of us could ever have accomplished by ourselves. Far more than that, it's also given all of us a world-wide community of friends and people we can rely on to share a cup of coffee, or even their homes, no matter where in the world we might be. This is a kindness I experienced many times in my own travels throughout the world and can never express enough thanks to the FreeBSD community for. We can never get Alan back and no words can properly express that loss, but perhaps his death can serve as the strongest possible reminder to all of us just what it is we all really came to FreeBSD for and what's most important about us being here. - Jordan On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 02:04 PM, Will Andrews wrote: > Alan Eldridge, a member of our development community, passed away > on June 6, 2003. The KDE on FreeBSD team has put up an In > Memoriam page here: http://freebsd.kde.org/memoriam/alane.php > > He will never be forgotten. > > -- > wca > -- Jordan K. Hubbard Engineering Manager, BSD technology group Apple Computer