On Wednesday, 17 June 2015 at 18:35:48 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
On 6/17/15 5:38 AM, IgorStepanov wrote:
He returned back to github and posted some messages. End
alarm:)
Glad to hear that. However, the need for two other release
managers is still there.
The role of Release Manager and "This Week In D" are the two
ones somewhat special in the community: they're closest to an
actual "job", in the sense that regularity and professionalism
are crucial. You need to "show up" and do it. If "This Week in
D" is not there on Sunday evening, it's not a weekly. If we
have no release manager and no contingency plan, we can't
release. In the future we'll have folks depending on this and
planning ahead for it.
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.
Thanks,
Andrei
As others have said this seems a bit harsh. I presume that by
'we' you mean that yourself and Walter arrived at this decision
together?
If you really felt the need to remove Martin from this position,
the appropriate way would have been to discuss this matter with
him privately, rather than effectively firing him on a public
forum. That also comes across as somewhat unprofessional.
Based on the the discussion on the forum it appears that the
manner in which this decision has been executed has effectively
alienated pretty every good candidate who might have been a
replacement ... in addition to almost starting an OT religious
holy war.
