This is great news! On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 2:59 AM, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote:
> My guess is that you are talking about XSCE. ;-) > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:08:29PM -0600, David Farning wrote: > > As everyone in the project knows, George Hunt has been serving as > > release manager for the last 5 releases. He has spent most of the last > > year working on the some time boring foundation tasks rather than > > scratching his own personal itches of low power hardware. As such, I > > would like to suggest that we give George a break and ask Tim to step > > in as Release manager. > > > > 1. George has been spending a lot of time and effort on sometimes > > boring foundatiol aspects of the projects. He is due for a reprieve > > to scratch his own itches. > > > > 2. Last January when we met, I was impressed by George's ability to > > say, "Slow down, I don't get it" rather than let someone push a > > half-baked idea past him. This is surprising rare in open source. Now, > > much of that vetting of ideas happens in the code reviews before > > merging. There is less need for the release manager to hold the role > > of bad cop. > > > > 3. Tim brings a lifetime of experience to the project which he can > > effectively share as release manager. We don't need to reinvent any > > wheels, but some process can be tweaked. > > > > 4. Term limits on releases managers is a good way of avoiding > > territorial disputes within the project. > > > > 5. Finally, I would like to be confident that the release manager is > > not employed by Activity Central. We need to prove that AC > > supports the project but does not control it. > > > > I apologize for violating my own rule about avoiding private > > communications :( I pinged both George and Tim off list to verify they > > were happy with the idea before suggesting it in public. > > > > -- > > David Farning > > Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Server-devel mailing list > > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > _______________________________________________ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel >
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