On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 19:22 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: > Hi all, > > This is slightly off-topic, but as it has an impact for the team, I > feel it's important to share this. > > I'm leaving the Boosters team and moving to another team inside SUSE, > where I won't be working on something directly related to openSUSE (I'll > probably blog about what I'll be doing at some point, give me some time > :-)). > > This has some immediate side-effect: I'm now a purely community player > for openSUSE too! No, you won't get rid of me, sorry :-) This obviously > means I will have less time for openSUSE in general, and the GNOME team > more specifically. But I don't think this is going to be much of an > issue. > > In the past 1-2 years, we've managed to build a strong team. Of course, > I've been doing a lot, but so have been Dominique, Bjørn, Malcolm, Atri > and many others (sorry, I'm not even trying to name everyone, I'd forget > too many people)! We've also been doing several steps to make sure we > really work as a team: we reorganized our workflow to allow more reviews > of all changes going in, we've created a gnome-maintainers group on OBS > to share the super-powers, etc. > > I've been away a few times for several weeks in the past year, and the > team did an amazing job without me. It was no surprise to me, and that > should be enough to kill any doubts people might have about the GNOME > team! > > It turns out that this is also happening at a point in time where GNOME > is rather solid in Factory, and where 12.2 is delayed for a few months. > This means we even have some quiet time to discuss other ways we can > reorganize the team for 12.3, if we feel a need for it. I've no specific > thing in minds, except maybe giving review powers to even more people? > > I'll probably be a bit less active than I'd like in the next few weeks, > as I have a lot to learn and discover right now. But I'll come back and > contribute more again soon after :-) And I'm still around on irc anyway, > willing to answer questions, help people and chit-chat! > > Cheers, > > Vincent
I still vividly remember the day when you first got hired and joined us on IRC. That's a few years ago now. Things are definitely different from the original days when myself, I joined IRC. Though I'm not anywhere nearly as active as I was in the early days here, I've enjoyed watching from the sidelines as the team evolved under your leadership to one of community empowerment. You've achieved what many struggle to do. And I'm personally thankful to have also met you in person over the years and get to know the strong quiet leadership skills you have. You've made openSUSE GNOME team into a powerhouse in its own right. We may all be a bit weathered over the years, but we come out victorious, wiser, and stronger. And you're a big part of that. For that, I join the rest of the community in thanking you for your contributions to date, as well as the contributions you'll continue to make in the future. Bryen M Yunashko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
