From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: OAppeal to donors (Re: Release 8.0) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:38:11 -0500 Message-ID: <20130419163811.GL17250@cardamom.adamsinfoserv.com> References: <87ehe7yenk.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87wqrzych5.fsf@gmail.com> <0lehe6v85e.fsf@wjh.hardakers.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43619) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UTEKK-00032B-Qb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:38:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UTEKJ-0000HB-I3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:38:20 -0400 Received: from tropicana.asmallorange.com ([108.165.20.17]:50330) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UTEKJ-0000Gx-EC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:38:19 -0400 Received: from 206.180.156.118.adsl.hal-pc.org ([206.180.156.118]:2706 helo=localhost) by tropicana.asmallorange.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UTEKH-0002ne-Nj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:38:18 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0lehe6v85e.fsf@wjh.hardakers.net> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 08:42:53AM -0700, Wes Hardaker wrote: > Maintaining a popular software component takes a huge amount of work. I > know that. It's certainly not more important, I agree. It is, however, > much more stressful. Especially to be a mediator in difficult > conversations, the stress of packaging something incorrectly, getting > things out on time and complete. It's not easy. Writing code isn't > easy either, but I've always found it far far less stressful than > overseeing an entire system. I'd be more than happy to donate money to > others that have made such huge contributions of personal time toward a > system that has truly turned my life around in the last few years. > Kudos to everyone. I'll also point out that while we understand many people make contributions to Org, we have to trust the maintainer in not only packaging and project management but in using any funds donated to the project in an appropriate manner. I've repeatedly donated to Org, and whether the money goes to server hosting, bonuses to specific contributors, or just a nice dinner out with his spouse, it's his choice. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3