Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Tired of fighting the wind mills of cool

[David White]

Sanna,

Thank you for your contributions to the project, and I wish you well in 
future endeavours.

This however, reinforces to me something I have been considering for a 
while: at a time when Wesnoth leads strong leadership to form a clear 
direction and purpose between different groups each of whom want to turn 
development in a different direction, I have failed to provide this 
leadership.

I have been too busy, besides becoming sick and tired of the infighting 
and debates about different features that contributors apparently feel 
very passionately about. The project has become far too aimless, a ship 
that doesn't have a clear course, but is rather pushed about in 
different directions according to which contributor has the most energy 
to push it the hardest.

Now all I want to do is perhaps quietly code a few features in my rather 
limited free time; not debate whether some unit should have a cold or 
fire attack, or if High Elves and 'Wood Elves' should be part of one 
faction, or whether Drakes should be in the game, or if some new unit 
set should be added, or any one of an immense number of things that my 
opinion is asked of.

Because of this, I feel that someone else who has more time, passion, 
and a clear future direction for the project should take over to lead it 
where they will. I am happy to continue as the technical lead for the 
moment if the person taking over is not technical enough to take that 
responsibility. Otherwise, I will happily slink back and become a minor 
contributor.

This of course leaves the question of who is the best person to take 
leadership of the project. I won't name any names, but I will throw the 
floor open for nominations. The ideal candidate should most importantly 
have good support amongst the Wesnoth community, have time and passion 
for the project, be committed to Free Software ideals, and have 
contributed substantially to the project already.

If Wesnoth is to be a successful FLOSS project, it *must* have a strong 
leader. It is of course possible that there is simply no longer the 
interest to sustain Wesnoth development going much further. If that is 
the way of things, then so be it.

I would also like to thank everyone for their excellent contributions to 
the project. Wesnoth has only been successful due to contributions from 
people too numerous to name.

Oh, and, Lisa and I would love to catch you for a game sometime Sanna. :)

David

Susanna Björverud wrote:

> Hej allesammans,
>
> Recently I have discovered that I cannot even be bothered to protest 
> against additions and changes to the game that I think are blatantly 
> wrong. This to me is a clear indication that I should not really be 
> around. I have therefore decided that I need a break from wesnoth 
> development.
>
> Practical details:
>
> With 30 translations ongoing, there is no way Ivanovic can handle them 
> all himself, he needs help. Okada (the japanese translator) has 
> several times indicated that he is willing to help. I will stay around 
> a while to allow you to find someone.
>
> Currently I stand as owner of the irc channels wesnoth and 
> wesnoth-dev, I think it would be better if these were taken over by 
> someone else.
>
> I will probably be around from time to time, but not on a daily basis, 
> and I do not want any developer responsibilities. Please remove me. I 
> might compile cvs now and then, and even show up looking for a game. 
> *smile*
>
> I wish you the best of luck in the continuing work of making Wesnoth 
> the best game ever. Have fun!
>
> /Sanna
>
>
>
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