Derek, Though it's shame that your're leaving the community, But I believe you have a better opportunity for your way.
Thanks for your huge contribution for years. Good Luck! Best Regards, On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 12:48 AM Stephen Houston <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for all of your valuable contributions. It was a privilege to > work with you and get to know you. Best of luck in your future endeavors! > > Stephen > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:00 PM Derek Foreman < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > As some of you already know, today is my last day working for Samsung, > and > > I no longer have a financial incentive to contribute to EFL. > > > > One of my primary reasons for leaving this position is that it was tied > to > > a continued requirement to work on EFL, and I've grown weary of doing > that, > > so I won't be lingering as a community developer. > > > > Over the years there have been times when I've felt EFL was on the cusp > of > > outgrowing its hobby project roots and making a shift towards grown-up > > standards (incorporating peer review, CI, a push for better > documentation), > > followed by events that felt like major setbacks on that path. Some days > > it felt like we were reducing the insurmountable mountain of technical > > debt, and other days hopelessly watching it increase. > > > > EFL is currently in a situation where leadership is frequently at odds > with > > the majority of contributors, and this leads to developers finding > > themselves worrying that work they've been paid to do (and maybe > sometimes > > have even done well) will be unilaterally reverted, possibly with threats > > of commit right revocation. This makes contributing pointlessly > stressful, > > and drives developers away. > > > > I hope I've left my small corners of the project a little better than I > > found them, and I thank you all for an opportunity to contribute. I've > met > > some excellent people in my time here, and hope to keep in touch. I'll > > still be around on all the regular IRC servers, feel free to contact me*. > > > > Best of luck, > > Derek > > > > * Just not about EFL. Ever. Seriously. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- Regards, Hermet _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
