tl;dr: I will not be release manager for 1.21, nor for anything thereafter either, and this time that's probably permanent.
I won't make this too long to read though, it's not complicated. In a technical sense, I don't feel that I've been an effective release manager, evidenced if by nothing else than the wild gap between projected and actual release dates for 1.20. I don't feel capable of being all of individual contributor, reviewer of last resort, arbiter of taste and technical direction, and tree sheriff; I certainly don't feel capable of fulfilling all those roles while working largely in isolation. From the project's perspective, I don't think it's healthy for the same roles to continue to be held by the same few people. And, personally, I've been more or less focused on xserver for well over a decade, and I badly need a change of scenery. That said, I'm not going far. I'm still going to be working on open graphics. I have projects I want to work on that may well involve xserver changes. I'll still be around for reviews and architecture issues and such, though not _as_ around. I probably have a use for another 1.19.x stable release, and almost certainly for a few 1.20.x, and I'm happy to put in the work for those. As for what this means for tree management and future release plans, well, I can't answer that, that's sort of the point. There's a community discussion that needs to happen there, and my opinions can't dominate that if I'm serious about stepping back. - ajax _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
