All, This is going to be a pretty weird email, but whatever.
I've been using Blender for several years now, after being introduced to it while at version 2.49. I used it a little, then set it aside for a while. A year later, I came back to a wonderful 2.5x series. I was excited, and because I /thought/ I could program, I wanted to help. I was /completely/ wrong about my skill. I bombed GSoC 2013, and as a result, I got super frustrated at myself and went into "hiding". After a while, and more education, I decided to do something a little more humble: the Release Notes. As you all know from last week's Developers' Meeting, I did the Release Notes wrong, especially on the Bug Fixes page. I went back through and tried to fix the problems, but my judgment is lacking, and I'm sure that I didn't quite fix them. Quite frankly, I am frustrated with my ineptitude yet again. I know that the Blender Foundation doesn't need my help, and at this point, I am pretty sure my "help" is a burden in several ways. So I really wonder if it would be better without me. I sincerely hope it hasn't been a burden in /every/ way. Regardless of if I have or not, I think it's time I call it quits. I'm just not competent enough to help out, even in a non-development role. I will finish out this release, but once 2.72 (and any 'a' or other subsequent bugfix release) is out, I will not "help" out anymore. I'll still be a user; Blender (and Cycles!) helped me secure a spot in BYU's Animation Emphasis for the Computer Science major, and I don't intend to stop using it. But my role in its development will disappear. Sorry, Campbell; I know you don't like doing those Release Notes. Thanks for everything. God Bless, Gavin Howard _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
