Re: [Plplot-devel] Where do we go from here?

[Rafael L. <lab...@mp...>]

* Geoffrey Furnish <fu...@ga...> [2002-02-07 10:27]:

> Hey buddy, you can run but you can't hide.  Once a member always a member.
> :-).  Seriously, we all face differing time demands, diverging personal sw
> and research interests, etc.  If you need to spend N months doing something
> else, even an indeterminately long dive, that's no reason to feel you need
> to "resign".  Maurice and I have both had long fallow periods on PLplot,
> whilst pushing other agendas. Don't sweat it.  We're happy to have your
> constructive contributions whenever you have the time.  And we'll push on
> as best we can the rest of the time.  Really, its that way for all of us.
> My personal ambitions for what I wish I could accomplish on PLplot /far/
> exceed what I can actually deliver, measured over any human timescale of
> interest.  Such is life.

* Alan W. Irwin <ir...@be...> [2002-02-07 08:36]:

> On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> 
> > [...] Unfortunately, I
> > have this time budget problem right now.  At any rate, I did not resign from
> > the project yet, but if I see that I cannot do anything to improve the
> > situation, I will have to make a decision.  I will tell you when/if this
> > arrive (I hope not).
> 
> I presume you are talking about just the AM/LT project, Rafael. Your total
> contributions to PLplot have been most valuable, and I hope they long 
> continue on whatever sub-project you decide to work on.  Also, note there
> is no hurry on the AM/LT decision. 

First of all, thanks for your kind words.  I have to apologize for the
extremely bad wording in the paragraph above.  When I wrote "I will have to
make a decision" I was not meaning resignation from the PLplot project, but
as Alan correctly inferred, I was referring to the AM/LT front.  I am still
willing to lead the work on this front, but if I cannot resume it in the
foreseeable future, it is better that someone else take it over from me.

-- 
Rafael