Re: Tavis Rudd

R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
> For the list's edification, I'll be coordinating as much as I can with
> Tavis through private email, I'll keep you all apprised of what's going
> on.
>
> Crap, I'm top-posting, Juha's gonna kill me :-!
>
>   

Another problem, Tavis hasn't released Cheetah since November 2007.

Whether or not someone goes on a 6th month vacation, we need more 
frequent releases if this is to continue to get used in mission-critical 
software.

More reason for letting Tyler take things over permanently, IMHO.

--Michael

> Muharharh >=]
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 04:40:49PM -0700, Tavis Rudd wrote:
>   
>> Hi Juha, Tyler and other Cheetah users reading this,
>> I am currently in Bolivia on an extended South American vacation and have 
>> only been following work emails since I left.  I will be back at the end  
>> of May.  I apologize for not announcing my absence on the Cheetah list  
>> prior to disappeering for so long.  I've just briefly read through some  
>> of the recent messages on the list.
>>
>> Juha, thanks for taking the effort to contact me via work.
>>
>> Tyler, I appreciate and support your efforts to keep Cheetah development  
>> going in my absence.  Cheetah certainly needs 'a house keeper' until I 
>> get back and long term I think it needs some fresh blood driving the 
>> project. Thank you for stepping up.  Don't worry about it being 'my pet 
>> project': I don't view it as such and hope its usefulness outlives my 
>> personal involvement.  I've been too busy with other projects, work and 
>> travel to give Cheetah the attention it needs for some time and, thus, 
>> have no objections if you want to take the reins.  I prefer this to a 
>> fork or a dead project.
>>
>> I also support your efforts to get either an unofficial or official v2.1  
>> out the door.  I think it should be an official release.  My only concern 
>> is that I noticed an issue in your 'import' patch that would break  
>> backwards compat.  I haven't had time to read through all the  messages  
>> since then so someone has probably already spotted and corrected that  
>> issue.  Given the possibility of other backwards compat. issues I propose 
>> that v2.1 be labeled beta until I get back from this trip and have time 
>> to help find any issues.
>>
>> Does this sound reasonable?  If so please send me a direct email to  
>> [email protected] without the list address in the cc field, as 
>> anything with the list address gets filtered into my Cheetah folder, 
>> which I obviously haven't been checking recently.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tavis
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Juha Tuomala wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> It appears that Tavis Rudd is working for you, right?
>>>
>>> We in Cheetahtemplate community are wondering where he is,
>>> as we have not been able to contact to him for long time.
>>>
>>> Have you been in contact with him and have more recent contact
>>> information?
>>>
>>> Br,
>>>
>>> Tuju
>>>
>>> --
>>> Varo hattupäisiä autoilijoita.
>>>
>>>       
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