Re: Steffen Macke

[Felix Natter <fnatter gmx net>]

bart s abwesend de writes:

> Hi all!
>  
> Due to Steffen's recent inactivity on the mailing list, social media and
> because I'm eagerly waiting for Dia 0.97.3 on Windows I started searching
> for news about him.
> With consternation I've found a death notice [1].
>  
> We lost Steffen, a nice and helpful person, a Dia developer and maintainer
> (Windows and Mac ports) [2] and faithful member of the open source community.
>  
> I never had the opportunity to meet him in real life but while working
> on Dia Portable [3] we did some conversations via email. I'll remember him for
> his kind nature and helping hand.
>  
> Hopefully someone will pick up his work and provide new binaries for Dia in
> the future. I don't know if someone else of you has admin rights for his website [2],
> otherwise there is a need for a new home. It would be sad when all content is
> lost in case of his website going offline.
>  
> Steffen, you'll be missed. :(
> Rest in Peace!

I also would like to express my sincere thanks for Steffen's very
supporting personality and his valuable contributions to dia!

Rest in Peace,
-- 
Felix Natter