On Wednesday, 17 June 2015 at 18:35:48 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
You wouldn't just not go to work for two weeks and then show up
at your desk as if nothing happened. This kind of stuff needs
some level of planning, barring exceptional events. For
example, Adam could tell his readership "I'll be on vacation
next week, so no issue on August 9". Which is totally fine.
I'm very happy Martin is doing well but I am disappointed about
this unprofessional behavior. In fact I could only assume the
worst because he seemed one of the most serious people I've
dealt with, so this came as quite a major breakage of trust.
With this we revoke Martin's role as release czar. His github
access will remain the same for the time being.
Until a replacement is found I will fumble with the release
process myself, and I could use all the help I can get. In fact
it would be a nice gesture of Martin to help with the
transition. I'll be also counting on help from the more
process-oriented members of the community. One note - 2.068
will be delayed because I have a house move to deal with for
the time being, not to mention being busy with std.allocator
and std.collection.
As most others here have noted, this seems too harsh,
particularly for a volunteer position. The truth is that release
manager is a role that basically nobody wants to do, as it has
responsibilities but basically no compensating reward, and by
removing Martin from the role, you might actually have made his
life easier! It doesn't sound like a punishment to me. As I
recall, our last release manager also disappeared for awhile,
likely because he had a real job to do.
Martin probably made a mistake by not making clear that he would
be away from contact for a while, but I wonder if it was ever
made clear to him that a head's up was expected, particularly if
a release wasn't imminent. I understand that you would like for
us "to evolve from a tribe to an organization," but I always
thought that was unrealistic for a volunteer community with
essentially no money coming in. The fact is nobody is paying
Martin to show up at a "release manager" desk every day.
Unless and until companies using D, like Facebook, Sociomantic,
EMSI, and whoever else is using the work of this community to
make money for themselves, deign to invest back some money behind
functions like these- release manager could probably be done as a
half-time position- they will not be done to the standards of a
commercial entity. Which is likely fine with the rest of this
volunteer community, as we can't ask for what we're not willing
to chip into providing either.
