Going emeritus

[Sean Owen <sr...@apache.org>]

All, I think that the pieces of Mahout that I have any working
knowledge of have reached roughly the state they're going to reach, as
reasonably stable and mature. I don't personally have plans or
motivation to update or add to it significantly in Mahout. Because of
this, and because I am short on the time to make changes here, I don't
intend to put any significant work into the project going forward. I
think it's right to reflect that by "going emeritus". I don't know if
that means something formally, other than to say I don't mind not
voting on project issues and having commit access since those things
should belong to active members only. We can mange any process
separately

I would still like to stay on the mailing lists to answer questions of
course, which is most all I am doing anyway. So, not much really
changes except to perhaps set expectations (in JIRA, notably)
appropriately.

Sean

Re: Going emeritus

[Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>]

+1.  

On Oct 12, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Sebastian Schelter wrote:

> Hi Sean,
> 
> It is part of the Apache way that "merit never expires" and in my eyes
> just because you are not motivated to actively contribute any code at
> the moment does not mean that you have to go emeritus.
> 
> You are one of the key persons behind Mahout's success, a vital part of
> the team and the community and I would be perfectly fine with you
> staying a committer that "just" answers questions.
> 
> That said if you still think that going emeritus is the right thing to
> do for you, I respect that decision, but nevertheless it feels like
> someone very valuable gets lost from the project.
> 
> --sebastian
> 
> 
> On 12.10.2012 11:10, Sean Owen wrote:
>> All, I think that the pieces of Mahout that I have any working
>> knowledge of have reached roughly the state they're going to reach, as
>> reasonably stable and mature. I don't personally have plans or
>> motivation to update or add to it significantly in Mahout. Because of
>> this, and because I am short on the time to make changes here, I don't
>> intend to put any significant work into the project going forward. I
>> think it's right to reflect that by "going emeritus". I don't know if
>> that means something formally, other than to say I don't mind not
>> voting on project issues and having commit access since those things
>> should belong to active members only. We can mange any process
>> separately
>> 
>> I would still like to stay on the mailing lists to answer questions of
>> course, which is most all I am doing anyway. So, not much really
>> changes except to perhaps set expectations (in JIRA, notably)
>> appropriately.
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
> 

--------------------------------------------
Grant Ingersoll
http://www.lucidworks.com

Re: Going emeritus

[Jeff Eastman <jd...@windwardsolutions.com>]

+1 Sean, I think you've been an incredible asset to this project and 
have provided a lot of leadership that has made Mahout what is is now. 
I'm also fine with you staying as a committer that "just answers 
questions", because I value your answers. Leave the emeritus stuff to us 
old guys.

Jeff

On 10/12/12 9:43 AM, Sebastian Schelter wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> It is part of the Apache way that "merit never expires" and in my eyes
> just because you are not motivated to actively contribute any code at
> the moment does not mean that you have to go emeritus.
>
> You are one of the key persons behind Mahout's success, a vital part of
> the team and the community and I would be perfectly fine with you
> staying a committer that "just" answers questions.
>
> That said if you still think that going emeritus is the right thing to
> do for you, I respect that decision, but nevertheless it feels like
> someone very valuable gets lost from the project.
>
> --sebastian
>
>
> On 12.10.2012 11:10, Sean Owen wrote:
>> All, I think that the pieces of Mahout that I have any working
>> knowledge of have reached roughly the state they're going to reach, as
>> reasonably stable and mature. I don't personally have plans or
>> motivation to update or add to it significantly in Mahout. Because of
>> this, and because I am short on the time to make changes here, I don't
>> intend to put any significant work into the project going forward. I
>> think it's right to reflect that by "going emeritus". I don't know if
>> that means something formally, other than to say I don't mind not
>> voting on project issues and having commit access since those things
>> should belong to active members only. We can mange any process
>> separately
>>
>> I would still like to stay on the mailing lists to answer questions of
>> course, which is most all I am doing anyway. So, not much really
>> changes except to perhaps set expectations (in JIRA, notably)
>> appropriately.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>
>

Re: Going emeritus

[Ted Dunning <te...@gmail.com>]

Sean,

They made me a committer when all I was doing was hanging around and
answering questions.  You can stay a committer while you do the same.  If
you like, that is.

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Sebastian Schelter <ss...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> It is part of the Apache way that "merit never expires" and in my eyes
> just because you are not motivated to actively contribute any code at
> the moment does not mean that you have to go emeritus.
>
> You are one of the key persons behind Mahout's success, a vital part of
> the team and the community and I would be perfectly fine with you
> staying a committer that "just" answers questions.
>
> That said if you still think that going emeritus is the right thing to
> do for you, I respect that decision, but nevertheless it feels like
> someone very valuable gets lost from the project.
>
> --sebastian
>
>
> On 12.10.2012 11:10, Sean Owen wrote:
> > All, I think that the pieces of Mahout that I have any working
> > knowledge of have reached roughly the state they're going to reach, as
> > reasonably stable and mature. I don't personally have plans or
> > motivation to update or add to it significantly in Mahout. Because of
> > this, and because I am short on the time to make changes here, I don't
> > intend to put any significant work into the project going forward. I
> > think it's right to reflect that by "going emeritus". I don't know if
> > that means something formally, other than to say I don't mind not
> > voting on project issues and having commit access since those things
> > should belong to active members only. We can mange any process
> > separately
> >
> > I would still like to stay on the mailing lists to answer questions of
> > course, which is most all I am doing anyway. So, not much really
> > changes except to perhaps set expectations (in JIRA, notably)
> > appropriately.
> >
> > Sean
> >
>
>

Re: Going emeritus

[Sebastian Schelter <ss...@apache.org>]

Hi Sean,

It is part of the Apache way that "merit never expires" and in my eyes
just because you are not motivated to actively contribute any code at
the moment does not mean that you have to go emeritus.

You are one of the key persons behind Mahout's success, a vital part of
the team and the community and I would be perfectly fine with you
staying a committer that "just" answers questions.

That said if you still think that going emeritus is the right thing to
do for you, I respect that decision, but nevertheless it feels like
someone very valuable gets lost from the project.

--sebastian


On 12.10.2012 11:10, Sean Owen wrote:
> All, I think that the pieces of Mahout that I have any working
> knowledge of have reached roughly the state they're going to reach, as
> reasonably stable and mature. I don't personally have plans or
> motivation to update or add to it significantly in Mahout. Because of
> this, and because I am short on the time to make changes here, I don't
> intend to put any significant work into the project going forward. I
> think it's right to reflect that by "going emeritus". I don't know if
> that means something formally, other than to say I don't mind not
> voting on project issues and having commit access since those things
> should belong to active members only. We can mange any process
> separately
> 
> I would still like to stay on the mailing lists to answer questions of
> course, which is most all I am doing anyway. So, not much really
> changes except to perhaps set expectations (in JIRA, notably)
> appropriately.
> 
> Sean
> 

Re: Going emeritus

[Daniel Xiaodan Zhou <da...@gmail.com>]

Just as a user, I'd like to say thank you for all the work you put
into it. --Daniel


-- 
Daniel Xiaodan Zhou
PhD student
University of Michigan School of Information
http://michiza.com

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 5:10 AM, Sean Owen <sr...@apache.org> wrote:
> All, I think that the pieces of Mahout that I have any working
> knowledge of have reached roughly the state they're going to reach, as
> reasonably stable and mature. I don't personally have plans or
> motivation to update or add to it significantly in Mahout. Because of
> this, and because I am short on the time to make changes here, I don't
> intend to put any significant work into the project going forward. I
> think it's right to reflect that by "going emeritus". I don't know if
> that means something formally, other than to say I don't mind not
> voting on project issues and having commit access since those things
> should belong to active members only. We can mange any process
> separately
>
> I would still like to stay on the mailing lists to answer questions of
> course, which is most all I am doing anyway. So, not much really
> changes except to perhaps set expectations (in JIRA, notably)
> appropriately.
>
> Sean

Re: Going emeritus

[Lance Norskog <go...@gmail.com>]

Thanks for your time and patience! I hope your Myrrix project works out.

Lance

----- Original Message -----
| From: "Sean Owen" <sr...@apache.org>
| To: "Mahout Dev List" <de...@mahout.apache.org>
| Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 2:10:56 AM
| Subject: Going emeritus
| 
| All, I think that the pieces of Mahout that I have any working
| knowledge of have reached roughly the state they're going to reach,
| as
| reasonably stable and mature. I don't personally have plans or
| motivation to update or add to it significantly in Mahout. Because of
| this, and because I am short on the time to make changes here, I
| don't
| intend to put any significant work into the project going forward. I
| think it's right to reflect that by "going emeritus". I don't know if
| that means something formally, other than to say I don't mind not
| voting on project issues and having commit access since those things
| should belong to active members only. We can mange any process
| separately
| 
| I would still like to stay on the mailing lists to answer questions
| of
| course, which is most all I am doing anyway. So, not much really
| changes except to perhaps set expectations (in JIRA, notably)
| appropriately.
| 
| Sean
|