On Monday 14 February 2005 03:24 pm, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: > For the last several months I've been completely absent from Wget > development, and from the net in general. Here is why, and the story > is not for the faint of heart. > > Near the end of July I took a two-week vacation. On August 2nd I > found it took an effort to stand up from a sitting position. The next > day it was almost impossible to stand up and hard to walk. > Furthermore, my hands felt very weak and I got tired easily. The day > after that I couldn't stand up at all and walking was very hard. The > day after that I was examined by a neurologist and promptly > hospitalized. > > I was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain-Barr%E9_syndrome for details. I > was lucky enough to not require the help of a respirator, but I was > temporarily paralyzed from the neck down. I was told I would be > better and return to normal life in a matter of weeks. However, > things went a little slower. > > After receiving plasma transfer treatment and showing minimum signs of > recovery, I was moved to a rehab where I underwent physical therapy. > Recovery was slow -- it took months before I could make a single step, > and it took more months before I could really walk. I am far from > fully recovered, as I still cannot stand up without help, but I am > moving forward and hope to achieve full recovery within the year.
oh, my god. i was really very concerned about your health. i somewhat felt your sudden disappearance was not normal and i was very worried about you. now i realize i was (unfortunately) right. i am very, very sorry about your sickness and i am so glad you feel better now and are back online. > As of a couple of days ago, I've been online again. Which brings us > to Wget. > > First, I would like to thank Mauro for taking over Wget maintenance > and development. For obvious reasons, I was unable to officially > resign from my post, and I felt bad about that. Given Mauro's track > record on Wget, he is the perfect choice for the maintainer. > > Even if Mauro stepped down, I don't think I'd be returning as > full-time maintainer in the near future, because my schedule will be > filled with restoring my health and catching up with my work. > However, I'd like to help out with advice, patches, and patch reviews > as time permits. > > Thanks for your understanding. thank you very much for your trust, hrvoje. if you ever consider reassuming the maintainership of wget i would be very glad to step down in your favor. i can't tell you how glad i am that you're back. i can't wait to work again with you and discuss about several ideas i have for wget. -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi University of Ferrara - Dept. of Eng. http://www.ing.unife.it Institute of Human & Machine Cognition http://www.ihmc.us Deep Space 6 - IPv6 for Linux http://www.deepspace6.net Ferrara Linux User Group http://www.ferrara.linux.it
