Most of you probably already know this from IRC, but ... I don't plan on much involvement during the Hardy developement cycle. MOTU has gotten to stressful for me for the stress to be worth the enjoyment I get out of it.
There are a number of reasons that I hope that by sharing, I can hope make things better for everyone. 1. It seems like we've quickly evolved from the idea of people are expected to generally know what they are doing, think things through, and quickly fix mistakes when they are made to the idea that it's not wrong to do anything that isn't explicitly prohibited in some documentation. This rules oriented mindset makes it harder to get stuff done, harder to get mistakes corrected, and is, IMO, either the effect or a cause of an increasing level of defensiveness and reaction in the community. I think it works better to expect that people won't do things they don't know enough about (ask first) and fix stuff when they mess up. Having to have a written rule that SRUs should be tested before uploading is bizarre. 2. Both our processes and our tools (I'm thinking LP here) are evolving in ways that from my perspective make work harder, not easier. Tools and processes should support work getting done and I think things are not evolving for the better. 3. The seeming limitless tolerance for people to come back again and again with disruptive, incorrect advice, bugs, proposed uploads that has at times been an effective denial of service attack on MOTU. I can't work in this environment. People need time to learn, but there's a point beyond which they need to learn not to do damage and cause trouble for other people. During Hardy, I will not be reviewing sponsored uploads (I've subscribed from the motu-reviewers list on tauware.de and deactivated myself from UUS). I won't take on any 'management' roles like motu-uvf. I will still mind the packages I've been minding. I will still hang out on IRC (unless the atmosphere just gets too stressful for me) and help answer questions and be part of the community. I will also work on helping (not leading or doing) with things that can improve the problems that have led me to sit this one out. Scott K -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
