Re: I hereby resign as secretary

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:57:06PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> Well, I haven't left, but I do far less with Debian now than I used
> to.
> 
> It is still my preferred OS for a variety of reasons.  I probably
> shouldn't write this tired at 11:30PM, but here goes.
> 
> I get no joy whatsoever out of the current mailing list discussions.
> It is sad to see people arguing so bitterly about pedantic matters in
> constitutions and guidlines and policy when that stuff is NOT why
> we're here.  We're here to make a Free operating system, dammit.
> People that are not here to make a Free operating system shouldn't be
> here.

[...]

> I have considered leaving the project several times this year.  The
> fun of being a Debian developer went away long ago.  I maintain
> packages for my own utility now, at home and at work, and that's it.

+1.  I'm dropping about a mailing list a year, which is a pretty slow
exit...

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery