Hi Ben,
first: I think it is not a secret that we appreciate any work you did so far
for Pharo and our community. Still I do not like the mail you have written,
because:
- It gives a false impression of the community itself and leaves us back
once more with questions (especially as most of us were not part of the
conflict).
- You associate the behavior of one member of the community (be it wrong or
right) with
the community itself as you now decided to leave and will not continue to
move with
us forward again.
You should really rethink your decision:
1. Life is much, much too short for such hazzles!
2. To give the community and Pharo a chance to move forward. Remember that
Pharo is also YOURS.
You should also give yourself the chance to keep the investments already
done from your
side here like Nautilus, Spec and various other contributions. They
already made a difference
and I'm sure that if you decide to stay you would influence Pharo
development even more
in the future.
3. See 1.
Regarding the case we (as a community) can only judge on things we read - but
not on what happened behind
the scenes or in direct contact between members. As it looks more like a
personal conflict between
you and Stef you both have to find a solution or arrangement. If you keep you
decision to leave we have
to and will respect it.
I wished you both would have a beer and settle down on the conflict, especially
because there is point 1...
As a side note:
I personally would keep ValueHolder as it is a well known concept. If we want
to be heretic
with Smalltalk we could also rename "Object" into "Thing". ;)
I think we have a board to decide about different technical ideas (even when it
is about
naming). If that does not work we should setup a voting system. But we should
never let
the conflicts get too personal. Did I already mention that life is much too
short for such things ...?
Thanks
T.
