Thank you for your service. You've more than earned a break. :)
\-- Gwyn Ciesla she/her/hers \------------------------------------------------ in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love \-d. bowie Sent from Proton Mail mobile \-------- Original Message -------- On Nov 22, 2023, 1:40 PM, Miro Hrončok < mhron...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hello. I won't be running for the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee this > time. Several folks already asked me why, so I decided to write it down and > share it on this list. \*I am tired.\* When I joined FESCo 5 years ago, I had > the enthusiasm and energy. I spent a lot of time working on Fedora. After > working hours (mostly spent on Fedora) I was still eager to dive deeper and > do more Fedora things. That is no longer the case. An hour-long FESCo IRC > meeting at 19:00 no longer excites me. It makes me sleepy. And when it runs > over, it makes me feel exhausted. When presented with an opportunity to sit > in a couch and watch a movie with my spouse (or take a nap) instead, it's > harder and harder for me to choose Fedora. It has always been a matter of > balance: I dedicated my time and energy and I got something in return. > Excitement for new things, joy of getting things done... Which brings me to a > second reason: \*It is no longer rewarding.\* Honestly, it doesn't feel like > we are steering anything. Arguing whether we should use a particular compiler > flag or drop X11 from KDE is not joyful. And those are the controversial > topics. The rest feels like rubber stamping tickets or forever postponing > Fedora changes approved years ago. Looking back, either we used to discuss > things that mattered to me more, or I started to care less. Either way, it is > no longer fun to FESCo at nights and weekends. Unfortunately, \*I don't have > time to steer Fedora during my working hours.\* The number of Python packages > in Fedora grows every release, and updating Python to a new major version is > a year-long challenge for two Red Hat engineers. The technical debt is > increasing, while new ideas are dormant. The more Pythons are added to more > RHELs, the more CVEs need to be fixed, the more people leave, the fewer > people in our team have time to do essential Fedora package maintenance. The > pile keeps growing. I must limit my work duties before I crack, and FESCo > seems to be the only remaining non-essential one 😞 Lastly, \*I feel lost.\* > Multiple people I enjoyed working with (were) moved away. The communication > channels I am comfortable with are slowly replaced witch things that make me > anxious. A new 2028 Fedora strategy is shaping, yet it is barely visible to > me because it happens "somewhere else". I could try harder, but given the > other reasons I probably won't. I enjoyed being at FESCo, but I need a break. > -- Miro Hrončok -- Phone: +420777974800 IRC: mhroncok -- > \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an > email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List > Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing\_list\_guidelines List > Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new\_issue
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