Re: [Gimp-web] Retiring from the project

[Shlomi Fish <shlomif shlomifish org>]

Hi Alex!

On Tue, 11 Oct 2022 14:19:12 +0300
Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-web-list <gimp-web-list gnome org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm retiring from the project. I have neither time, nor motivation to
> give it enough attention anymore, so let's make way for somebody else.

Thanks for all your previous work and good luck in future endeavours. I recently
quit mageia linux for similar reasons:
https://www.shlomifish.org/meta/FAQ/why_did_you_quit_mageia.xhtml . "I'd tell
Atlas to shrug".

(I do think GIMP is more important and well-managed than
mageia, though.)

        —  Shlomi

> Website. I have a nice huge mindmap of onboarding content for new
> contributors. I made that plan in Sep 2021, unfortunately, I couldn't
> execute on it, sorry. If anyone's interested, here it is:
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZeptWzHvTZIiMueJMx9FAZotBVQ3T8sa/view?usp=sharing.
>
> Social media. Two more people have admin access to the Facebook
> account, one of them has been running it for close to two years now, I
> think, and is otherwise active in the project. Noone except me uses
> the Twitter account, but I already re-registered it to social@ months
> ago specifically to make sure my departure doesn't jeopardize the
> operation. I'll give the current password over a safe communication
> channel (and will strongly suggest changing it) to anyone willing to
> take over. I can maintain the Twitter account for another 30 days.
> Hopefully, someone will step up prior to that. I'll also do my best to
> consult anyone having problems maintaining the social accounts after
> the Twitter account has been taken over. Email or Telegram
> (@prokoudine) is fine.
>
> UI/docs translations. I will probably continue updating the UI
> translation at least until v3.0 release, if I find the time. I have no
> plans to update the translation of the user manual.
>
> Dev access. My developer's access to git will have to be removed after
> v3.0 release (or immediately, whichever you prefer). I cannot do
> anything about it myself because GNOME's Gitlab setup is effed up
> beyond acceptable: it won't restore my password, and I don't care
> enough to jump through hoops they invented for whatever reason. So
> you'll have to kick me out manually :)
>
> Good luck!
>
> Alex
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