Re: taking a break from Git

[Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 6:09 PM Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 11:38:25AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'm going to be offline and completely absent from the mailing list for
> > five months starting at the end of December. After that, things are up
> > in the air, but I may not be as involved in the project as I have been.
> >
> > Sorry, there's no juicy gossip or drama to share. I still like everyone,
> > and think it's a cool project. ;) After 15 years, it just feels like
> > it's time for a break and to perhaps apply my brain to something else
> > for a while.
>
> I am going to miss seeing patches and review from you tremendously.

Yeah, you will be missed a lot Peff!

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> I am a better programmer and Git contributor directly because of Peff's
> efforts. I am sure that anybody who has been fortunate enough to get
> review or advice from Peff feels the same as I do.

Yeah, I feel the same too.

> > There are a couple logistical things related to this:
> >
> >   - I'm planning to step down from Git's Project Leadership Committee
> >     (the entity that represents Git within Software Freedom Conservancy,
> >     and which occasionally makes decisions on things like our project
> >     funds or assets like the trademark).
> >
> >     That leaves Junio, Ævar, and Christian on the PLC, and the charter
> >     calls for having at least 3 members. So I don't technically need to
> >     be replaced, but maybe it's an opportunity for somebody else to get
> >     involved.
> >
> >     We don't have a formal process here. The last discussion on adding
> >     new members was this thread from a few years ago:
> >
> >       https://lore.kernel.org/git/20180816224138.GA15490@sigill.intra.peff.net/
>
> I would be honored to serve on the PLC if that is something others would
> be in favor of, too. I can talk a little bit about my background and
> thoughts here in a separate thread from this one.

I am in favor of you serving on the PLC and I would appreciate it if
others would nominate themself or others either publicly or privately
by emailing git@sfconservancy.org. I think it's a good idea to open
this up every few years.

> >   - I maintain the git-scm.com site (well, insofar as anybody does).
> >     There are a few regulars who review and merge pull requests at
> >     https://github.com/git/git-scm.com, but more help is always welcome
> >     there.
> >
> >     The production parts of the site run on Heroku and Cloudflare. They
> >     don't need touched often, though we do trigger a manual update and
> >     flush the caches right after Junio releases, so that the site is
> >     updated immediately.  The Git PLC has the necessary credentials for
> >     those sites, though in practice I think I'm the only one there that
> >     touched it. Taylor (cc'd) has been helping out with that and also
> >     has access.
>
> Yes, I have credentials to our Heroku and Cloudfare accounts, and (I
> believe) write access to the git-scm.com repository on GitHub. So I can
> help do some light triage there, and at least prevent the site from
> bit-rotting.
>
> I've been doing the post-release manual update and cache purging as part
> of my usual release routine for the past several releases, so I don't
> mind continuing to do that, either.

Thanks for doing this!

> >   - I really am going to stop reading the list. Even if you cc me. So
> >     please don't get mad if I don't review your patches, or respond to
> >     bug reports. :)
>
> Please do ;). Enjoy your well deserved time off, and thank you.

Yeah, thanks!