Re: R.I.P. mrdocs (1963--2019)

Hi,

On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:20:49 +0100
"Christoph Schäfer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> The Scribus Team is deeply saddened to announce the loss of our friend and
> colleague Peter Linnell who in the end lost his long battle against cancer.
> 
> 

sorry to hear that.

> It is no understatement to say that without Peter Scribus wouldn't be what it
> is today. It was Peter who spotted the potential of Franz Schmid's initially
> humble Python program and, as a pre-press consultant at the time, contacted
> Franz to make him aware of the necessities of PostScript and PDF support,
> among other things. Peter also wrote the first version of the Scribus online
> documentation, which resulted in his nickname "mrdocs" in IRC and elsewhere.
> Until recently, and despite his detoriating health, Peter continued to be
> involved in building and releasing new Scribus versions.
> 
> 
> Scribus was the project he helped to set on track and which marked the
> beginning of his journey into the world of Free Software development. While
> it remained at the heart of his commitments to Open Source in general and
> Libre Graphics software in particular, Peter contributed to Free Software in
> many other ways as well. For example via contributions to projects related to
> freedesktop.org, as a package builder of many Free programs for several Linux
> distributions on the openSUSE Build Service, and later as an openSUSE board
> member. Peter was also crucial in bringing the Libre Graphics community
> together by way of sharing his expertise with other graphics-oriented
> projects and his assistance in organzing the first Libre Graphics Meetings.
> In the sometimes ego-driven and often emotional world of Open Source
> development, Peter managed to get along very well with almost everybody and
> never lost his sense of humour.
> 
> 
> We will remember Peter "mrdocs" Linnell for what he was: an optimist, an
> incredible team player, an honest man and, above all, a friend.
> 
> 
> Our thoughts are with his family.
> 
> 
> March 2019,
> The Scribus Team
> 
> 
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