On Feb 16, 2005, at 8:45 AM, Brad Knowles wrote:
I try to do all the little things I can, so that Barry and the core developers can focus their attention on the big things that I have no hope of ever being able to touch. For the most part, I try to follow the lead of people like Barry, Chuq, JC, and the others who have been here longer than I have.
It's been a crazy year for everyone on the mailman team -- I know Barry's done what he can, but in the end, he has to earn a paycheck and have a life, and Mailman simply can't be considered more important than either of those.
I've been the same way, working on a project that's gotten hugely popular at work and taken up a huge amount of time and energy -- 50 and 60 hour weeks have been common the last year as we try to not choke on success, and I've had other non-work complications sucking up time and energy. To give you an idea how bad it's been -- a server upgrade I'd planned for last March finally is happening, where last night I migrated my blog to a new environment. Having a project like that slip almost a year (and that was a REVISED date. sigh) is scary in a way, but it gives you an idea just how little my spare time and my energy to do things have coincided.
Once this server upgrade is complete, I'll be able to finally get started on a couple of projects I announced a couple of years ago and still want to see happen, along with getting more involved with Mailman again. The last few months, I sort of feel all I've accomplished is trying to shield Barry from having to deal with list logistics and the like, and the project needs more than that....
I think its safe to say that it's not lack of interest or intent here with any of us, but a lack of free time. And time, of course is one commodity you can't do much about some times.
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