[mythtv] Thanks for all the fish!

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

Well, that's very sad to hear...

I have to say that I've greatly enjoyed working with you. It has been
a please to receive your guidance and wise advices on so many topics
over the years.
As a user, I should thank you for making MythTV a reality; it's just a
fact that it wouldn't be what it is today without you.

It's very much a bummer for me (and I'm sure others) to see you go.

Too bad we didn't get a chance for that beer in NY a few months ago,
and hopefully there will be more opportunities in the future.

It would be very nice to hear from you from time to time... Don't
hesitate to drop by !

And if you ever visit down under, don't hesitate to drop my an email,
it will be my pleasure to welcome you to my house.

Kind regards
Jean-Yves



On 27 January 2014 03:43, Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> wrote:
>
> I'm guessing most of you have already noticed my absence in the
> last 6-7 months. This neatly corresponds to the birth of my son
> Henning. Because I've had such a great time working on MythTV and
> meeting you all I'd like to actually say goodbye rather than just
> fading away. I've been working on MythTV for almost a decade, at
> first it was as a break from schoolwork but later it developed into
> much more. I've made friends, some of whom I've happily met in
> real life, and many more that I'd like to. If I've ever promised you
> a pint of beer, be sure that you can take me up on it :)
>
> So why am I leaving rather than just taking a break? It's really about
> a wandering interest. It's been a long time since I was interested in
> TV as such, but MythTV kept me engaged with the challenges of
> writing good C++ code and presenting a stable API in front of
> unstable hardware. Even beyond that, I felt part of a community that
> cares about the software they are producing. But code and community
> can only hold one so long. I haven't yet figured out what my next
> hobby programming project will be, but it will probably center around
> children or traffic safety.
>
> In the tradition of Eisenhower, I'll offer some advice based on my
> own mistakes. First, big rewrites are always a bad idea. Write up the
> larger plan on a wiki somewhere but implement the change in
> master in easily reviewable bits; just because branching is easy
> doesn't make it a good idea. Second, avoid recurring arguments
> with newbies by pointing to the previous incarnation of an argument
> rather than rehashing the argument; attention is a precious commodity
> in an open source project. Third, do occasionally revisit well made
> decisions. For instance, this mailing list would probably be better
> served by a forum now even though it was entirely the right decision
> to make it a mailing list when the project was founded. Fourth, don't
> take anyone's advice too seriously.
>
> --
> Daniel Thor Kristjansson
>
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