Re: [Gimp-web] Retiring from the project

[Pat David <patdavid gmail com>]

Well this is certainly a loss for the project but understandable.
Your work has been invaluable in shaping views of the project and raising
awareness.
I've said it before, but you were the main impetus for my involvement in
both GIMP and the inspiration for starting PIXLS.
For that I cannot thank you enough.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 10:50 PM Shlomi Fish <shlomif shlomifish org> wrote:

> 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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>
>
>
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>
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>
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