Re: [HACKERS] Retiring from the PostgreSQL core team

To whom it may concern,

this is to inform the PostgreSQL community of my retirement from my
PostgreSQL core team position.

Over the past years I have not been able to dedicate as much time to
PostgreSQL as everyone would have liked. The main reason for that was
that I was swamped with other work and private matters and simply didn't
have time. I did follow the mailing lists but did not participate much.

Looking at my publicly visible involvement over the last two years or
so, there is little that would justify me being on the core team today.
I was not involved in the release process, in patch reviewing,
organizing and have contributed little.

However, in contrast to other previous core team members, I do not plan
to disappear. Very much to the contrary. I am right now picking up some
things that have long been on my TODO wish list and Afilias is doubling
down on the commitment to PostgreSQL and Slony. We can and should talk
about that stuff next week at PGCon in Ottawa. I will also stay in close
contact with the remaining core team members, many of whom have become
very good friends over the past 15 years.

The entire core team, me included, hoped that it wouldn't come to this
and that I could have returned to active duty earlier. Things in my
little sub universe didn't change as fast as we all hoped and we all
think it is best now that I focus on getting back to speed and do some
serious hacking.

I hope to see many of you in Ottawa.

Regards
Jan

--
Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither
liberty nor security. -- Benjamin Franklin

On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 00:24 -0400, Jan Wieck wrote:

> Over the past years I have not been able to dedicate as much time to
> PostgreSQL as everyone would have liked. The main reason for that was
> that I was swamped with other work and private matters and simply
> didn't have time. I did follow the mailing lists but did not
> participate much.
>
> Looking at my publicly visible involvement over the last two years or
> so, there is little that would justify me being on the core team
> today.
> I was not involved in the release process, in patch reviewing,
> organizing and have contributed little.

My feeling, which I'm sure would be supported by a great many people, is
that you have made huge contributions to PostgreSQL, all very much
appreciated.

Yes, that may not have been visible to all because much of that was via
the Slony project, though I know of your quieter contributions to other
major projects. Slony alone has been the backbone of PostgreSQL across
many releases and will continue to be important in the future also.

--
Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com

Jan Wieck wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
>
> this is to inform the PostgreSQL community of my retirement from my
> PostgreSQL core team position.
>
> Over the past years I have not been able to dedicate as much time to
> PostgreSQL as everyone would have liked. The main reason for that was
> that I was swamped with other work and private matters and simply didn't
> have time. I did follow the mailing lists but did not participate much.

Your good humor and technical brilliance have been sorely missed.

>
> Looking at my publicly visible involvement over the last two years or
> so, there is little that would justify me being on the core team today.
> I was not involved in the release process, in patch reviewing,
> organizing and have contributed little.
>
> However, in contrast to other previous core team members, I do not plan
> to disappear. Very much to the contrary. I am right now picking up some
> things that have long been on my TODO wish list and Afilias is doubling
> down on the commitment to PostgreSQL and Slony. We can and should talk
> about that stuff next week at PGCon in Ottawa. I will also stay in close
> contact with the remaining core team members, many of whom have become
> very good friends over the past 15 years.
>
> The entire core team, me included, hoped that it wouldn't come to this
> and that I could have returned to active duty earlier. Things in my
> little sub universe didn't change as fast as we all hoped and we all
> think it is best now that I focus on getting back to speed and do some
> serious hacking.

We hope for many more good things from you yet!

>
> I hope to see many of you in Ottawa.
>
>
>

You'll certainly see me!

Best wishes and many thanks for your good work over so many years.

andrew

In response to Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>:

> To whom it may concern,
>
> this is to inform the PostgreSQL community of my retirement from my
> PostgreSQL core team position.
>
> Over the past years I have not been able to dedicate as much time to
> PostgreSQL as everyone would have liked. The main reason for that was
> that I was swamped with other work and private matters and simply didn't
> have time. I did follow the mailing lists but did not participate much.
>
> Looking at my publicly visible involvement over the last two years or
> so, there is little that would justify me being on the core team today.
> I was not involved in the release process, in patch reviewing,
> organizing and have contributed little.
>
> However, in contrast to other previous core team members, I do not plan
> to disappear. Very much to the contrary. I am right now picking up some
> things that have long been on my TODO wish list and Afilias is doubling
> down on the commitment to PostgreSQL and Slony. We can and should talk
> about that stuff next week at PGCon in Ottawa. I will also stay in close
> contact with the remaining core team members, many of whom have become
> very good friends over the past 15 years.
>
> The entire core team, me included, hoped that it wouldn't come to this
> and that I could have returned to active duty earlier. Things in my
> little sub universe didn't change as fast as we all hoped and we all
> think it is best now that I focus on getting back to speed and do some
> serious hacking.
>
> I hope to see many of you in Ottawa.

As someone who is constantly thinking, "I wish I could find time to
contribute more," I've never understood how people manage to make time
to keep something as incredible as PostgreSQL rolling.

That being said, I appreciate all of the contributions you've made (my
employer would not be as successful if it weren't for Slony) and here's
to wishing that you find a way to make life allow you the time to do what
you want.

--
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com
http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:24:47AM -0400, Jan Wieck wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
>
> this is to inform the PostgreSQL community of my retirement from my
> PostgreSQL core team position.
>
> Over the past years I have not been able to dedicate as much time to
> PostgreSQL as everyone would have liked. The main reason for that was
> that I was swamped with other work and private matters and simply didn't
> have time. I did follow the mailing lists but did not participate much.
>
> Looking at my publicly visible involvement over the last two years or
> so, there is little that would justify me being on the core team today.
> I was not involved in the release process, in patch reviewing,
> organizing and have contributed little.
>
> However, in contrast to other previous core team members, I do not plan
> to disappear. Very much to the contrary. I am right now picking up some
> things that have long been on my TODO wish list and Afilias is doubling
> down on the commitment to PostgreSQL and Slony. We can and should talk
> about that stuff next week at PGCon in Ottawa. I will also stay in close
> contact with the remaining core team members, many of whom have become
> very good friends over the past 15 years.
>
> The entire core team, me included, hoped that it wouldn't come to this
> and that I could have returned to active duty earlier. Things in my
> little sub universe didn't change as fast as we all hoped and we all
> think it is best now that I focus on getting back to speed and do some
> serious hacking.
>
> I hope to see many of you in Ottawa.

You can run, but you can't hide ;)

Thanks for your deep and broad contributions so far, and I'm sure I
speak for many when I say we're looking forward to upcoming ones.

Cheers,
David.
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