Re: Considering stepping down from all of my FreeBSD responsibilities

From: Glen Barber <gjb_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:48:48 UTC
On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 11:42:48AM -0500, Justin Hibbits wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2022 09:38:07 -0700
> Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> wrote:
> 
> > In message <20220401064816.GS60301@eureka.lemis.com>, Greg 'groggy'
> > Lehey write
> > s:
> > > 
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> > > On Friday,  1 April 2022 at  5:58:39 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > >  
> > > > On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 02:20:31PM +0900, Yasuhiro Kimura wrote:  
> > > >> Hi Glen,
> > > >>
> > > >> From: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>
> > > >> Subject: Considering stepping down from all of my FreeBSD
> > > >> responsibilities Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 00:15:02 +0000
> > > >>  
> > > >>> Dear community,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Given the mental toll the past two years or so have taken on
> > > >>> me, I have decided to step down from all of my "hats" within
> > > >>> the Project, and take some time to sort out what my future
> > > >>> looks like going forward.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Happy April 1st.  I'm not going anywhere.  :-)  
> > > >>
> > > >> We are waiting for the announce of FreeBSD 2.2.10-RELEASE. :-)
> > > >>
> > > >> Cf.
> > > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2006-April/001055
> > > >>  
> > > .html  
> > > >
> > > > I don't think 2.2.10 is warranted.  
> > >
> > > Agreed.  The upgrade isn't sufficiently important.
> > >
> > > How about 2.2.9.1?  
> > 
> > I had a different more sinister thought: Announcing that we've moved
> > from BSDL to GPLv3 to be more like Linux.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Take it to the next level.  Since we're using git you can make the
> license change, do the commit, then send the commit email out, and it
> would have the valid hash and all.
> 

I was so very close to doing something similar, but I was more worried
about screwing up my local trees.

Glen