On 13 February 2013 13:08, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> wrote:

I offer to take over maintainership of Org.

I have to say -1 as well.

Offer closes in 7 days. Only pre-condition will be that Org-8.0 and
subsequent releases happen under my supervision.

Is there something in particular about the forthcoming 8.0 that you would

want done differently from how it currently is being done? Considering Bastien's

current plan is to push towards releasing it in the near future.

Principals and riff-raffs can PM me with your thoughts. I defend your
right to choose the maintainer or express yourself freely.

The tone in this bit, classifying readers of the list either as principals (I'm assuming

this would be Bastien and others who are highly active in maintaining and updating

Org) or riff-raff (meaning the rest of the user base?) is hardly endearing.

I appreciate the org-odt exporter, I haven't had much use for it but what I have had to

use it for it worked perfectly. However your attitude in the past has often struck me as

abrasive or argumentative when there was little to no reason for it. Either there's some

underlying reason for your apparent dislike for Bastien and his approach to maintaining

Org, or some argument in the past that I am not aware of.

Regardless, Bastien is doing a fine job from what I can see, he is certainly actively assisting

users who post with questions or bugs, even when they occurred during a time where he was

absent (with prior notice). Perhaps he has not contributed to certain aspects as others have,

however his presence and monitoring of the smaller aspects does allow for further development

to proceed without being interrupted by every issue.

Regards,

Jon

Note: Anger is futile, particularly over the internet.
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