Martin Nowak is officially MIA

[Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 18 June 2015 at 16:41:51 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 6/18/15 9:19 AM, Timon Gehr wrote:
>> On 06/18/2015 04:43 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> About the privacy aspect - the forum post came after repeated 
>>> fruitless
>>> attempts of private contact. Addressing matters in person, 
>>> privately, is
>>> of course the right way and the one I've tried through all 
>>> channels I
>>> could think of.
>>
>> I think the first post was more adequate than the second one. 
>> Basically,
>> a more eloquent version of the following would have sufficed:
>>
>>> Glad to hear that. However, the need for two other release 
>>> managers is
>>> still there.
>>>
>>> The role of Release Manager and "This Week In D" are the two 
>>> somewhat
>>> special
>>> in the community: regularity  is crucial. If we have no 
>>> release
>>> manager and no
>>> contingency plan, we can't release.
>
> I definitely am sorry for not handling this better. What I 
> should have done in retrospect is to resume efforts to reach 
> Martin privately after evidence came about that he's alive and 
> well, then discuss reasonable communication expectations with 
> him, and only after that resume the public search for more 
> release czars. I apologize to Martin and the community for not 
> taking that course of action.
>
> We definitely need to move forward to having more release 
> czars, which reduces the demands on each. I'll do my best to 
> learn the ropes and document the process.

>
> Andrei

Respect - both for having high standards, and for this message.


Laeeth.