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From: Peter Donald <peter@apache.org>
To: avalon-dev@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: Pete ousted?
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:24:48 +1100
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Message-Id: <200211210824.48050.peter@apache.org>

Hi,

I got up this morning and lo and behold I find out the announcement that =
my=20
account has been suspended. So thats irritates me. It seems the board has=
=20
decided on a mechanism to resolve Avalons problems.

A little bit depresessing given what I have put into this project and Apa=
che=20
in general. For about 3 years now I have been putting in between 10 and 2=
0=20
hours a week supporting and developing Avalon. When I got here it was a b=
it=20
of a mess but I managed to help clean things up or poke other people into=
=20
doing so.

I have also spent a considerable effort to get more people involved in Av=
alon.=20
Even given how unsexy work on a framework is I always tried to encourage=20
people to contribute in various ways. I also tried to get people involved=
 by=20
nominating them and making sure they had the opportunity to get involved.=
=20
This probably includes most of the currently active committers (all excep=
t=20
Berin?). This also includes supporting a lot of people who are not Avalon=
=20
devs but do use parts of our work.

Even when I disagreed with something I helped make it happen. All the ugl=
y=20
hacks re marker interfaces was added and then left in for cocoon support,=
 as=20
was ComponentSelector, and the release() method was also left in due to=20
cocoon wants. I have also expended considerable effort updating ECM when =
I=20
don't use it and cleaning Fortress even though I don't much like the desi=
gn=20
choices. Never once have I tried to "fix" these problems for other people=
=2E=20
They happen to like them so I let them develope their own solutions.

Even with Merlin you will be hard pressed to find a case where I was not=20
supportive of Stephens changes as long as it did not harm others. Merlin1=
 was=20
a fork of Phoenix but far from discouraging it I actually encouraged and=20
prodded until it finally got extracted. Even with early Merlin2 work I wa=
s=20
encouraging it despite it largely being yet another fork. I even recall=20
suggesting that it replace Fortress as low end container.

Not once have I consciously gone out to harm Avalon and yet here we are. =
I=20
have been judged unworth from those on high. It seems unlikely that I wil=
l=20
change and thus unlikely that I will be allowed back. Can't say thats a n=
ice=20
prospect but I am not sure there are any alternatives.=20

Haven't read all (any) of the mail back log yet and not sure I will for a=
 bit.

As to where I will go next? Not sure. I still am working on the same stuf=
f I=20
have been working on for about 5 years (3 here at Avalon) so I will conti=
nue=20
that - not sure where or not sure how

--=20
Cheers,

Peter Donald
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
                -- Voltaire=20


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