Gads, sorry for the empty reply. On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Simon Quigley <[email protected]> wrote: >> Kubuntu Council, >> >> I would like to start by apologizing. I would like to apologize not only for >> not being here for the past couple of weeks, but for my conduct the day >> before leaving. In this email, I would like to explain what I did, why I did >> it, what I think of my actions now, and what I would like to do going >> forward. >> >> Here’s what I did. I staged KDE Frameworks 5.30 after being told not to >> (while not explicitly, if I recall correctly). The day that I left, I wanted >> to give them a “going away surprise” (this is what I labeled it as). I >> wanted to start the initial staging process of getting Frameworks 5.29 >> prepared a few weeks before that, but we had hit some issues getting >> Frameworks 5.28 in the archive so we decided to wait. I was frustrated that >> Rik had staged Plasma 5.8.5 without saying anything in #kubuntu-devel. So my >> reasoning for this was half assuming it would give me someone to point at >> when people realized this and half assuming it would fix some issues that >> Frameworks 5.28 had. >> >> Let me just say this with bold and underline: _*THIS WAS NOT RIGHT. THIS WAS >> STUPID.*_ It was 10 PM and I was getting ready to go to bed when I pushed >> this. It was a long day and I wasn’t feeling right, and it felt mischievous >> and wrong. I fully acknowledge this was one of the more stupid things I’ve >> done in my life. It’s not a mistake I can learn from, it’s not a mistake >> that I can correct now, it was stupid, late night, ill-conceived thought. >> It’s not like I planned each of the three screwups for weeks and weeks >> before and decided to ruin everyone’s day. It was an impulsive decision. >> >> It’s not the first time I’ve done this, and I’m frustrated at myself. I >> really am. Sometimes I make late night decisions and facepalm at it the day >> after. I find myself trying to explain myself, and I can’t even find a >> justification to justify it to myself (I was grabbing at straws when I was >> explaining above, let’s be honest), which frustrates me because not being >> able to explain my actions to myself makes me feel like I have a Chaos >> Monkey[1] running in my head (no, not a chaotic monkey, it’s a program :P). >> Most of the time I make rational, smart, thought-out decisions, but when I >> get tired enough, the lack of development in the prefrontal cortex of my >> brain really shines in the worst of ways. It causes me to burn bridges >> instead of build them. And that’s what I feel happened this time. >> >> After I saw that my ninja status was revoked, I was frustrated. My little >> internal Chaos Monkey had gotten the best of me again. This turned into >> anger at myself then sadness. I was really sad that this had happened, but >> it was justified. I did something bad, and I was going to have to face the >> consequences. And it hurt, it really did. It still really hurts, now when I >> want to go to the channel and do something, I have to remember my stupid >> mistake and go through others to complete tasks, which reminds them of it >> to. That really hurts, but I have to suck it up and deal with it, just like >> every time I’ve done it before. >> >> All I can do now is ask for forgiveness. I am really really sorry. I >> apologize to Rik for having to clean up the mess I made, and I apologize to >> the Council for having to make this decision. But I would like to move >> forward from this, and hopefully be able to start anew. I hope to be able to >> prevent this from ever happening again by getting better sleep and getting >> offline earlier in the evening. I will try my best to ensure that my bad >> late-night judgement doesn’t get the best of me when working with Kubuntu >> for a long time. >> >> Moving forward from this, I would like to propose a short-term plan as to >> what I do in Kubuntu from this point on until my ninja access is restored. I >> would like to work on the following projects, using pull requests/merge >> proposals when necessary: >> >> 1. Get some solid development documentation. Something Valorie could follow >> and understand (:P). This includes complete documentation describing how to >> use KCI (I’ll need people to get me screenshots as I don’t have access to do >> anything but read-only tasks…), development tools, our workflow, and any >> other relevant documentation.
I will gladly help with that. And I think it is a good beginning. >> 2. Reorganize kubuntu-automation so we know exactly what does what and we >> have some solid documentation as to how to use everything. I would also >> finish writing unit tests and any other automated testing we could use to >> ensure that everything always Just Works. >> 3. Figure out what in the KCI code does what, either rewrite the majority >> of it in a more efficient and readable language or get some solid >> documentation for what code does what and documentation on contributing and >> editing code. After I do this, I want to make sure once and for all that we >> have kubuntu_stable branches working and buildable images (maybe even >> autopkgtests to ensure that nothing breaks when we upload it to the >> archive). One more thing for this item, we need to find a way to leave notes >> on each one of the jobs and/or ignore it in KCI to finally get ALL of the >> jobs working or bugs reported to get them working. >> >> Those are three elephants in the room that I really think we need to get >> going to make the most use out of our tools. This will really help us in the >> long run if this is documented very well. Documentation is always needed; always true. I have no clue about the technical aspects of what you describe, however. >> Again, I apologize. I realize what I did was a terrible decision, but I look >> forward to working in the Kubuntu team for a long time to come, and I would >> like to be able to make things right and solve any issues I may have caused. >> Please let me know if there is anything specific I can do to earn ninja >> status back besides knocking out those three big tasks and doing other >> miscellaneous packaging tasks that may arise. >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> [1] https://github.com/netflix/chaosmonkey >> >> -- >> Simon Quigley In my opinion, let's how how we get on before setting any timetables. Valorie -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
