> Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:31:56 -0700 > From: Rob Lanphier <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia developers <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikitech-l] Mark Hershberger departing Wikimedia Foundation > in May > Message-ID: > <capzpxh6xkcwnj04jqmo7ycanhyuysvth-f3kajv5xuo-yv5...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi everyone, > > I regret to inform you all that Mark Hershberger will be leaving the > Wikimedia Foundation at the end of May. > > Mark started as a contractor at the beginning of 2010, helping the > Wikimedia Foundation with code review and the release process. He > developed an interest in our testing infrastructure, and was > responsible for some of the early work in phpUnit and Selenium > integration in our codebase. In early 2011, we reconceived his role > here at the Foundation, asking him to step into the role of > Bugmeister. During the past year and a half, Mark has undertaken the > daunting task of going through the mountainous backlog of bug reports > and patches, as well as the incoming stream of new bugs. > Additionally, he has pushed us to review our backlog of code review > through three deployments now. > > Mark has been a passionate advocate for community developers, and > hasn't shied away from asking for what they need. He has been a > friendly and approachable representative for WMF; enthusiastic and > cheerful with everyone he deals with. Thank you, Mark, for setting > this example! > > We plan to start recruiting for a new Bugmeister soon. I'll post more > details when I have them. > > In the meantime, please join me in thanking Mark for his service to > the Wikimedia movement. > > Rob
:'( You will be very deeply missed. I wish you the best of luck in whatever you decide to do next. -bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
