> > Have I missed something? I want Katolaz back. > Who is CenturionDan? And why does he have that much power?
I am CenturionDan. I don't have any power over Devuan, and am only a long time volunteer and contributor to this project. I also like KatolaZ have been contributing to Devuan since it's early days, and I am also one of the "Caretakers". I am not of late a regular contributor to the discussion on DNG due to it's poor signal to noise ratio, and my limited time, so please forgive me if you don't recognise my handle. My involvement also began at the early stages of Devuan, and I contributed significantly to getting Devuan near to Jessie release in particular with maintaining and extending the infrastructure and build system. Although I've not been as active since the Jessie release, I've continued to be involved with both maintenance and infrastructure support, often working in with KatolaZ and others. I've also continued to do advocacy for Devuan and been an actively using it for my clients production systems for a number of years. This particular sad situation has developed because I had expressed a deep disappointment to the KatolaZ and the other Caretakers over the April 1st Joke, specifically because of it's implications for people that use Devuan in business like I do. I have clients that were difficult to win over to letting me use Devuan on their servers instead of Debian. I feared that had they got wind of this joke, it could well be curtains for both Devuan on their servers, and also my providing of services to them. This is the reason that KatolaZ uses the term "Corporate Bullshit". In the initial communication to my fellow caretakers, I suggested that KatolaZ and Jaromil might offer to resign as caretakers in order to show that we take such matters seriously, and that they alone working in concert pulled the joke of without discussing with the other caretakers. Since then, I had apologised for the harshness of my critique and withdrew my suggestion of resignation as I realised this was both naive and wouldn't produce the desired result. I will admit that some of my following comments could be viewed as rationalising my position and thus continued to stoke the fire. This was unintentional, but stupid on my part. I had not in anyway implied or expressed ever that I wanted KatolaZ to feel he was on probation or that he should stop contributing to Devuan, and I have reiterated that view to him and those in the conversation. KatolaZ has expressed that as a result of my challenge to him, that I never trusted him, something which I assure you all is false. I implicitly trusted him and continue to do so despite the joke, but I was extremely dissappointed in that action he took. We have had other disagreements that were not issues of trust, but differing opinions, some of which took time to resolve, and I foolishly assumed that this would be resolved peacefully in the end also. KatolaZ was a very significant contributor to Devuan and despite his feelings towards me, I am extremely grateful for his contributions to Devuan, our discussions and working through previously difficult issues and for his willingness to work within the team of contributors. I am deeply saddened that he has taken this decision. KatolaZ will be missed very much by me as well and should he change his mind, I also hope he comes back soon and will welcome him with open arms. I hope we can smooth this over and focus on Making Devuan Great Again. I hereby also express my deepest apologies to you, the community of Devuan users and contributors, for having contributed to this mess and for words said in private conversations that may in hindsight have been overly harsh towards KatolaZ and Jaromil and contributed to this mess. Jaromil, to you I am sorry that you feel the need to declare war against me (as you have done in your private email to me). I don't think that is necessary and it certainly won't help Devuan. Instead I urge you to reconsider and to take stock of your own words and accusations and consider if they will not only further sow discord and disharmony - a poison pill for Devuan and our broad community. For the sake of Devuan I urge you to put the guns down and instead see if we can find a way to peacefully move forward and instead focus energy on getting Beowulf out the door. I do not hate you, even though I disagree with you. -- Daniel Reurich Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd. 021 797 722
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