+1 Sean, I think you've been an incredible asset to this project and
have provided a lot of leadership that has made Mahout what is is now.
I'm also fine with you staying as a committer that "just answers
questions", because I value your answers. Leave the emeritus stuff to us
old guys.
Jeff
On 10/12/12 9:43 AM, Sebastian Schelter wrote:
Hi Sean,
It is part of the Apache way that "merit never expires" and in my eyes
just because you are not motivated to actively contribute any code at
the moment does not mean that you have to go emeritus.
You are one of the key persons behind Mahout's success, a vital part of
the team and the community and I would be perfectly fine with you
staying a committer that "just" answers questions.
That said if you still think that going emeritus is the right thing to
do for you, I respect that decision, but nevertheless it feels like
someone very valuable gets lost from the project.
--sebastian
On 12.10.2012 11:10, Sean Owen wrote:
All, I think that the pieces of Mahout that I have any working
knowledge of have reached roughly the state they're going to reach, as
reasonably stable and mature. I don't personally have plans or
motivation to update or add to it significantly in Mahout. Because of
this, and because I am short on the time to make changes here, I don't
intend to put any significant work into the project going forward. I
think it's right to reflect that by "going emeritus". I don't know if
that means something formally, other than to say I don't mind not
voting on project issues and having commit access since those things
should belong to active members only. We can mange any process
separately
I would still like to stay on the mailing lists to answer questions of
course, which is most all I am doing anyway. So, not much really
changes except to perhaps set expectations (in JIRA, notably)
appropriately.
Sean
