People have been suggesting we all just "get along" for years. One eventually gets fed up, and I'm just announcing what I already planned to do months ago.
Fresh blood will see the project thrive. I'm sure we'll see a new era of cooperation and harmony, which is what everyone wants. Bill. On 19 May, 18:03, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu> wrote: > On May 19, 2010, at 4:41 AM, Bill Hart wrote: > > > > > > > On 19 May, 04:24, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu> > > wrote: > >> On May 18, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Paulo César Pereira de Andrade wrote: > > >>> 2010/5/18 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>: > >>>> So what do you suggest as a solution then? > > >>> Peace and Love! > > >>> That being said, people work better when there is competition. As > >>> long as there is "balance in power", and mutual respect/trust, > >>> things > >>> should just work. But that is something that even with infinite > >>> multiple precision, probably cannot be resolved with just math :-) > > >> There can be amicable forks (e.g. Pyrex/Cython), but like you said it > >> takes mutual respect and trust. There is certainly a lack of trust on > >> both sides, as well as lack of respect, and it'd be nice if that all > >> went away but that's easier said than done (especially with the > >> personalities in question). > > > OK, I can take a hint. > > That's not what I meant at all--I'm just saying that we live in a less > than ideal world we may have to live with a non-amicable relationship. > Most forks by their nature (including fully justified ones), evoke > hard feelings. Given the history, I think it's totally justified to > not trust Torbjorn (I don't), and he's certainly done little to earn > respect. And we can't change his attitude towards any of us. That's > just the way things are right now. > > Doesn't mean we can't keep pressing forward. One of the goals of MPIR > is to create a friendlier community, and that is something you do have > control over (and have done). > > > It seems that MPIR and the bignum community in general would be > > better off without me. > > I disagree. > > > I'm going to give it a rest for a while and let some other people > > give it a go. > > > I'll concentrate on some other research/projects for a few years. > > Given that you're the primary force behind MPIR, I think that would be > a loss for all of us, but if you're burnt out or want to move on of > course thats your choice (and I'm probably only seeing the tip of the > iceburg here). > > - Robert > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL:http://www.sagemath.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
