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[rt-pmc] Re: Swordfish IP troubles
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Hi Oliver. Please reconsider. Perhaps we can have Zsolt join you as co-lead?
In my opinion, removing you as the project lead would be a mistake.
Frankly, I doubt very much that this problem will ever happen again
under your leadership (a new project lead is going to have to learn this
on their own.) There are other more productive ways to take
responsibility for the mistakes that have occurred.
There are plenty of folks to blame for what has happened. I am not so
interested in who is at fault, as I am in trying to prevent this from
happening again. It would be helpful for me to understand why the
breakdown occurred so that we can fix the holes in our process. I assume
that this was an accident (not a malicious act) that occurred because
some number of the Swordfish committers simply didn't know any better.
It is the responsibility of the project lead, mentors, PMC, and EMO to
make sure that committers do know better and somewhere along the way our
process has broken down.
I believe that--based on this and other experiences--the documentation
that we provide for new committers is difficult to find and consume. In
the coming quarter, I have set as one of my goals to make the
documentation provided for committers more easily consumed. I am also
planning to start a series of webinars to help committers and project
leads bring themselves up to speed. I would also like to explore how we
can get project mentors to engage with the project to make sure that
everybody is armed with the information that they need to have.
Your input in this process would be appreciated. I need to know that I
am spending my energy doing the right things. I think that you are well
situated to provide me with feedback in this regard.
Thanks,
Wayne
Oliver Wolf wrote:
Dear Mike,
dear Wayne,
dear RT PMC members,
dear Swordfish committers,
now that we’ve done all we could do from our side to help resolve this
unfortunate issue and the dust slowly starts to settle, it’s time for
me to address myself to you and make a formal apology on the team’s
and my behalf for the disaster we have caused.
We have not yet had the peace and time to step back and fully analyze
and understand how all this could have happened, but one thing is
undisputable: as the project lead, I have failed to exercise due care
and on that account I assume full responsibility.
I have therefore decided, in accordance with my organization, to
resign from my role as the project lead with immediate effect and I
solicit the RT PMC to comply with my request. I am deeply convinced
that this is in the best interest of the project, the Eclipse
community as a whole and, ultimately, myself.
At the same time, I’d like to nominate my colleague and fellow
committer Zsolt Beothy-Elo as my successor. Zsolt is a person I trust
and I’m absolutely certain that, under his guidance, we’ll be able to
establish the necessary processes and controls that help prevent us
from failing again.
On a personal note, I have to concede that taking on multiple roles in
Swordfish (project lead, lead architect and public face of the
project), along with other responsibilities I have in my organization,
obviously was too much for me to handle. I will remain with the
Swordfish project, however — as the lead architect, a committer and a
frequent speaker at conferences.
I’d like to thank you all for your great support and guidance in these
difficult times and I’m looking forward to continue working with you.
Kind regards,
Oliver
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Oliver Wolf
SOPERA GmbH
