On 25/03/11 12:11AM, Jiachen YANG wrote: > Hi all, > > This is farseerfc (Jiachen YANG).
Hey farseerfc, > Seeing that gromit has initiated a removal discussion, > I feel I should formally express my willingness to resign from the Package > Maintainer role. > I apologize for not addressing this sooner. glad to hear from you and sorry for not getting back to this email sooner! > First, I’d like to thank gromit giving me a reminder, and all staffs of the > Arch Linux. > It has been a pleasure working with you and contributing to the broader Arch > Linux community. > My resignation stems from being unable to dedicate sufficient time to these > responsibilities. > I became a TU in 2015 while working as an assistant professor at a > university. > Much has changed since then, I now have a daughter, and I’ve changed my job > as an IT engineer at a media company in Tokyo. > In recent years, I’ve found it increasingly difficult to balance my daytime > job and family commitments, > leaving my duty as a TU/PM unattended. I initially hoped that as my daughter > grew older or as I adjusted to my job, I would regain time for > packaging and AUR tasks. > Unfortunately, this has proven more challenging than anticipated. Thanks for your contributions to the community over all these years when you were active! 🤗 Knowing the background for the change in activity makes it definitely understandable as this involves a lot of things to balance.. Also congratulations to starting a family! > I deeply value Arch Linux, and I enjoyed contributing to the community. > The community deserves better, and I hope to be able to contribute again > when my circumstances allow for meaningful involvement. If at some point you'll have enough free time again to do so you're more than welcome to contribute again 😃 > Thank you all for your understanding. > > Best regards, > farseerfc (Jiachen YANG) Best regards, Chris / gromit > > On 3/10/25 5:06 PM, gromit wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'd like to start a ["Special Removal of an Inactive Package > > Maintainer"][0] for farseerfc based on prolonged inactivity. > > > > farseerfc has not executed any of the expected packaging or AUR > > maintenance duties for more than a year now. When I recently contacted > > all people who were inactive for a longer period of time I heard back > > from him saying that [he wanted to get back to things][1] and but would need > > a few weeks. This conversation has now happened 5 months ago and nothing > > has changed since. > > > > - I couldn't find any packaging activity for him in the state repo since > > Apr 29 08:01:12 2023 > > - He did not do any AUR Moderation since 2022 > > > > Given these circumstances I'm requesting Jiachen to be removed as a > > Package Maintainer. > > > > If at some later point he has the time / resources to help out again > > he is of course welcome to join the project again! > > > > The discussion period for this proposal will last for three days, after > > which there will be a voting period of five days as outlined in the > > bylaws. > > > > Cheers, > > gromit > > > > [0]: > > https://package-maintainer-bylaws.aur.archlinux.org/#_special_removal_of_an_inactive_package_maintainer > > [1]: > > https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/ttf-opensans/-/issues/1#note_213933 > Hi all, > > This is farseerfc (Jiachen YANG). > > Seeing that gromit has initiated a removal discussion, > I feel I should formally express my willingness to resign from the Package > Maintainer role. > I apologize for not addressing this sooner. > > First, I’d like to thank gromit giving me a reminder, and all staffs of the > Arch Linux. > It has been a pleasure working with you and contributing to the broader Arch > Linux community. > My resignation stems from being unable to dedicate sufficient time to these > responsibilities. > > I became a TU in 2015 while working as an assistant professor at a university. > Much has changed since then, I now have a daughter, and I’ve changed my job > as an IT engineer > at a media company in Tokyo. > In recent years, I’ve found it increasingly difficult to balance my daytime > job and family commitments, > leaving my duty as a TU/PM unattended. I initially hoped that as my daughter > grew older > or as I adjusted to my job, I would regain time for packaging and AUR tasks. > Unfortunately, this has proven more challenging than anticipated. > > I deeply value Arch Linux, and I enjoyed contributing to the community. > The community deserves better, and I hope to be able to contribute again > when my circumstances allow for meaningful involvement. > > Thank you all for your understanding. > > Best regards, > farseerfc (Jiachen YANG)
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