Yes, it clarifies things. I don't agree with you, but you have a noble heart. I hope you all come to an agreement.Thanks.
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:27 AM Mark H Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > zx spectrumgomas <[email protected]> writes: > > > Of your words: “RMS has not yet appointed me as a co-maintainer.” , the > > word “yet” I guess that means if he would have had his permission then > you > > wouldn't have needed it of the current maintainers, as I also deduce from > > here: > > “Frankly, it should not be your decision to make.” > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2019-10/msg00021.html > > Yes, and I stand by that statement. I made my case clearly in the > message cited above. > > That said, I agree that it would have been improper for RMS to appoint > me without first consulting the existing maintainers. In fact, > discussions are currently ongoing with Andy and Ludovic to resolve the > situation, and I'm hopeful that we'll reach a mutually acceptable > resolution. > > Regarding my phrase "In light of recent events", which I cited as the > reason for my decision to return, I should now be clear what I meant by > that: > > GNU is far more fragile than I had supposed. It's like if your mother > has a heart attack, and you suddenly realize that although you've always > taken her presence in your life for granted, her mortality has now > become real to you in a way that it wasn't before. > > I realize now that I took GNU's continued existence and integrity for > granted, like a steady rock that I naively assumed would be there and > stay strong regardless of whether I was a part of it or not. Now I see > that it will depend on all of us who care about software freedom to do > what we can to keep GNU strong. > > I'm not interested in dividing the Guile community. That would > obviously be disastrous. I fully support Andy's work, and I recognize > that he is the main driver in core Guile development. His continued > participation is crucial. Still, we must guard against Guile becoming a > one-man show if it can possibly be avoided. Keeping GNU strong means, > among other things, resolving our differences peacefully and working > together to make Guile better. That's what I intend to do. > > I hope that clarifies things. > > Thanks, > Mark >
