On Aug 31, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Stevan Bajić wrote:
Hallo all,
I don't know how to start this mail? It's been long time since I
started working on DSPAM and the last 18 months since DSPAM is a
community project I have fixed a lot of issues with DSPAM and
changed much code. Sometime things where easy and sometime things
whre not that easy. Anyway... in the last weeks I have been
struggeling with the whole DSPAM project. Things are getting out of
control. The project it self has about 6 admins that should manage
the project. Yeah. Six admins. I am almost 100% confident the
community does not know who those 6 admins are. Whatever... I tried
to do as much as I can to continue doing tasks that where supposed
to be done by others but I have my limits. I can not continue to do
that much work and still find places where I can not continue
because I don't have the access privileges or I don't know how to
fulfill that task. I feel bad being a part of this chaos or mess.
IMHO this all needs to be reorganized and needs to have a better
structure that one can relay on.
My problem is that I can not have that relax attitude and just let
things go. If I am on the mailing list and I see a question then I
respond (if I have time or I respond when I get time). Somehow as
one of the admins behind DSPAM I feel responsible. And this is not
good. Not good for me. I must take a step back and relax.
And to get into that relax mode I planed for my self to deregister
by end of August from the DSPAM mailing list. And now we have end of
August. So it's time for me to go :)
I will stay on the Sourceforge project page of DSPAM (if no other
admin kicks me) and will from time to time do coding/bugfixing for
DSPAM. But I can not continue feeling responsible for something that
I am not.
I have probably not written in proper English what I wanted to say.
Writing in English is not always as easy as I would like it to be.
Anyway... point is that I will try to follow the common sense and
idle too. I will off course do bug fixing if you guys fill in bug
reports at Sourceforge and I will try to respond to questions if you
address me directly (please don't, if you can. The DSPAM mailing
list is the right place for questions not me!), but I will not
proactively do huge code changes like in the past. I have my own
local fork/branch of DSPAM where I have started to do things and
this will be the place where I will do most of my future DSPAM
coding. If I stumble across something very nasty then I will of
course fix that in stock DSPAM too.
If I can give an advice to you guys out there using DSPAM then I
would say that you all should somehow organize and try to streamline
the project. It's a community project and as a community you guys
should take influence on the project. The project needs IHMO better
directions.
So guys! I hope you don't get mad at me? I could have quitely
deregistered my self from the mailing list and stopped coding but I
have choosen to be open. It's not my style to vanish. I have not
written this long mail here to ask for something. I just want to
inform and be open with you all. The last 18 months with DSPAM
community have been a great time and I am sure the future will be
fun too. And I see my self as a community member too. I will
continue to use DSPAM and will still be a part of the community. I
just need to do something against this stupid feeling inside me that
keeps telling me that I should feel responsible while my head tells
me that I am not and should relax. I can not stand the feeling
trying to advance while seeing and knowing that it is not possible.
At least not how it is right now.
You have been a great help. I hope dspam survives without you.
Thank you very much for your contributions.
If you make your local branch available please let me/us know.
Sincere Regards from California,
Bradley Giesbrecht
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