Re: Retiring from the PostgreSQL core team

In response to Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>:

> To whom it may concern,
>
> this is to inform the PostgreSQL community of my retirement from my
> PostgreSQL core team position.
>
> Over the past years I have not been able to dedicate as much time to
> PostgreSQL as everyone would have liked. The main reason for that was
> that I was swamped with other work and private matters and simply didn't
> have time. I did follow the mailing lists but did not participate much.
>
> Looking at my publicly visible involvement over the last two years or
> so, there is little that would justify me being on the core team today.
> I was not involved in the release process, in patch reviewing,
> organizing and have contributed little.
>
> However, in contrast to other previous core team members, I do not plan
> to disappear. Very much to the contrary. I am right now picking up some
> things that have long been on my TODO wish list and Afilias is doubling
> down on the commitment to PostgreSQL and Slony. We can and should talk
> about that stuff next week at PGCon in Ottawa. I will also stay in close
> contact with the remaining core team members, many of whom have become
> very good friends over the past 15 years.
>
> The entire core team, me included, hoped that it wouldn't come to this
> and that I could have returned to active duty earlier. Things in my
> little sub universe didn't change as fast as we all hoped and we all
> think it is best now that I focus on getting back to speed and do some
> serious hacking.
>
> I hope to see many of you in Ottawa.

As someone who is constantly thinking, "I wish I could find time to
contribute more," I've never understood how people manage to make time
to keep something as incredible as PostgreSQL rolling.

That being said, I appreciate all of the contributions you've made (my
employer would not be as successful if it weren't for Slony) and here's
to wishing that you find a way to make life allow you the time to do what
you want.

--
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com
http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/