Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)
My sincerest appologies for sending my message to debian-user
instead of debian-devel. I must have been a little caught up in
the moment and not paying close enough attention to what I typed
in the "CC" line.
Bruce Perens wrote:
> From: "Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>
> > I never placed my position as "distribution manager" on the line for
> > this point. I just said that if you didn't want me to do my job, then
> > say so.
>
> Indeed you didn't. I think the problem is mine. I've been able to delegate
> almost _everything_ about the project, but I am having a real problem
> delegating release control. So I won't delegate it again. I'm sorry that
> you were the casualty.
>
> > This was never a popularity contest between myself and Ian.
>
> Don't worry, Ian's not going to win any popularity contests. He does have
> a large personal investment in the project, but his manner was extremely
> obnoxious.
>
> > I also wish you good luck ever getting anyone else to work for you
> > again. I find it unlikely that anyone will be comfortable in any position
> > you grant because they know that you will be second guessing them all
> > the way.
>
> This is a tight rope that I constantly walk as a leader. More than one
> volunteer has been a casualty. I'd gladly hand over my position if I found
> someone who would do it better.
>
> > There will also be some doubt as to whether it is you or
> > Ian that actually runs the distribution. You were effectively held
> > hostage by a threat; whether the demands were reasonable or not is
> > irrelevant.
>
> Nope, it wasn't the threat. Before I tuned into that e-mail exchange,
> I was planning how to terminate the project gracefully if it turned out
> that we had completely blown our credibility by leaving that security bug
> in place. I wouldn't have been thinking along those lines if I felt good
> about what had gone on up to that point.
I think it was a threat. Ian basically said to leave the project if you
didn't do it his way. What "his way" is and how much people agree or
disagree with it has no bearing on how he got his way.
> > I'm sure Guy is also wonderfully happy that you sanctioned Ian's invasion
> > on his ground (the FTP site).
>
> I don't sanction Ian's actions. I just agree with him that releasing with
> XFree86 3.1 would have been a tremendous mistake.
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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