From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 8 14:34: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rpi.edu (mail.rpi.edu [128.113.22.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 655BE37B406 for ; Wed, 8 May 2002 14:33:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by mail.rpi.edu (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g48LXlnG564312; Wed, 8 May 2002 17:33:47 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: drosih@mail.rpi.edu Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20020509073441.A5281@cs.waikato.ac.nz> References: <4119.1020875350@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <20020509073441.A5281@cs.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 17:33:45 -0400 To: Joerg Micheel , Sheldon Hearn From: Garance A Drosihn Subject: Re: It's not fun anymore. (Mike resigns from core) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.3 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 7:34 AM +1200 5/9/02, Joerg Micheel wrote: >On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:29:10PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: >> On Wed, 08 May 2002 10:00:12 -0400, Robert Watson wrote: >> > > > Well, I think I speak for everyone in the project when > > > I say that we're sorry to hear that you are resigning > > > from the core team, [...] > > > > Nope, you don't speak for me. I'm thrilled that Mike's > > leaving the core team. His heart's obviously not in it > > any more, so the fact that he has all the right skills > > for being useful on core doesn't mean anything any more. > >It sounds like it is people like you who have been giving >Mike a hard time. What Sheldon meant may not have come across clearly to all readers. I must admit that my initial reaction to Sheldon's comment was similar to yours, but then I read it a bit closer and slower. Think of it this way: Mike says that it no longer fun to work on core. If Mike hates working on core, then it is very good for Mike to stop working on core. We do not wish Mike to continue in a position he hates simply because he has the ability to do a good job at it. It's much better to let Mike do a good job at whatever it is that he enjoys doing. I think everyone is sorry that working on core has turned out so frustrating for Mike that it is no longer fun, but if the guy hates the job then by all means he should feel free to leave it. That's the right thing to do with a volunteer project. Mike the core member is dead -- but long live Mike the developer! -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message