Re: [Dspam-devel] DSPAM

On Aug 31, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Stevan Bajić wrote:

> Hallo all,
>
> I don't know how to start this mail? It's been long time since I  
> started working on DSPAM and the last 18 months since DSPAM is a  
> community project I have fixed a lot of issues with DSPAM and  
> changed much code. Sometime things where easy and sometime things  
> whre not that easy. Anyway... in the last weeks I have been  
> struggeling with the whole DSPAM project. Things are getting out of  
> control. The project it self has about 6 admins that should manage  
> the project. Yeah. Six admins. I am almost 100% confident the  
> community does not know who those 6 admins are. Whatever... I tried  
> to do as much as I can to continue doing tasks that where supposed  
> to be done by others but I have my limits. I can not continue to do  
> that much work and still find places where I can not continue  
> because I don't have the access privileges or I don't know how to  
> fulfill that task. I feel bad being a part of this chaos or mess.  
> IMHO this all needs to be reorganized and needs to have a better  
> structure that one can relay on.
>
> My problem is that I can not have that relax attitude and just let  
> things go. If I am on the mailing list and I see a question then I  
> respond (if I have time or I respond when I get time). Somehow as  
> one of the admins behind DSPAM I feel responsible. And this is not  
> good. Not good for me. I must take a step back and relax.
>
> And to get into that relax mode I planed for my self to deregister  
> by end of August from the DSPAM mailing list. And now we have end of  
> August. So it's time for me to go :)
>
> I will stay on the Sourceforge project page of DSPAM (if no other  
> admin kicks me) and will from time to time do coding/bugfixing for  
> DSPAM. But I can not continue feeling responsible for something that  
> I am not.
>
> I have probably not written in proper English what I wanted to say.  
> Writing in English is not always as easy as I would like it to be.  
> Anyway... point is that I will try to follow the common sense and  
> idle too. I will off course do bug fixing if you guys fill in bug  
> reports at Sourceforge and I will try to respond to questions if you  
> address me directly (please don't, if you can. The DSPAM mailing  
> list is the right place for questions not me!), but I will not  
> proactively do huge code changes like in the past. I have my own  
> local fork/branch of DSPAM where I have started to do things and  
> this will be the place where I will do most of my future DSPAM  
> coding. If I stumble across something very nasty then I will of  
> course fix that in stock DSPAM too.
>
> If I can give an advice to you guys out there using DSPAM then I  
> would say that you all should somehow organize and try to streamline  
> the project. It's a community project and as a community you guys  
> should take influence on the project. The project needs IHMO better  
> directions.
>
> So guys! I hope you don't get mad at me? I could have quitely  
> deregistered my self from the mailing list and stopped coding but I  
> have choosen to be open. It's not my style to vanish. I have not  
> written this long mail here to ask for something. I just want to  
> inform and be open with you all. The last 18 months with DSPAM  
> community have been a great time and I am sure the future will be  
> fun too. And I see my self as a community member too. I will  
> continue to use DSPAM and will still be a part of the community. I  
> just need to do something against this stupid feeling inside me that  
> keeps telling me that I should feel responsible while my head tells  
> me that I am not and should relax. I can not stand the feeling  
> trying to advance while seeing and knowing that it is not possible.  
> At least not how it is right now.

You have been a great help. I hope dspam survives without you.

Thank you very much for your contributions.

If you make your local branch available please let me/us know.


Sincere Regards from California,
Bradley Giesbrecht

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