On 25.10.2011 06:47, Brad Fanella wrote: > *sigh* I dreaded having to write this message. If anyone has noticed, I've > been inactive in the Arch community for at least two or three weeks now, and > my TU duties haven't been fulfilled in at least as long, if not more. > > With the start of the academic year, I was hopeful for enough spare time to > continue what I enjoy (TU-ing, hobbies, both computer and non-computer > related) ~ looks like I was sorely mistaken. Operating on the minimum amount > of sleep that a human can survive on is not enjoyable, in case you were > wondering. > > All laziness and time-lacking aside, both of my production machines have > been fried due to power surges (which components, I yet don't know), and are > now reduced to nothing more than fancy metal boxes. This leaves me with an > old Thinkpad, but that's not even running Arch at the moment (/heresy), and > it's a P4, so trying to manage multicore packages from there would be a > no-go. It's just a very frustrating time, and I don't feel that I'm capable > of being an active package maintainer considering the circumstances. > Hopefully I can reapply sometime in the future if things fall back into > place. > > My packages are, as far as I know, *mostly* up-to-date, although a month's > absence can create a bit of mayhem. I will try my best to contribute and > close out any open bug reports that I may be assigned to, but I can't make > any definite promises. > > It's been a nice run guys, I hope to see you 'round. > > Sincerely, > Brad > > p.s. there were some personal issues as well, but I don't really feel the > need to get into those here ~ we can let Xyne speculate with one of his > riveting stories Brad, I'm sorry to hear that.
Hopefully you'll find some time again in the future. The computer stuff for packaging should be a problem we could easily sort out though as we have a fast buildbox. Wish you all the best. -- Sven-Hendrik