FreeBSD Release Engineering Team Update: Colin Percival Is Now Release Engineer

https://www.freebsd.org/news/newsflash/#2023-11-17:1

by vedranm • 3 years ago

8 4 3 years ago

bell-cot• 3 years ago

I know no insider details, but here is (former Release Engineer) Glen Barber's email on the subject:

Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:52:40 +0000 From: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: FreeBSD Release Engineering Team <re@freebsd.org> Subject: Update to the Release Engineering Team Roster

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FreeBSD community,

It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign my role as the Release Engineering Team Lead.

Colin Percival will take over this role, and I will act as his Deputy Lead unless and until he finds a more suitable person to fill this role.

Regardless, I do not have any immediate plans to resign from the RE Team as a whole, and though Colin has proved during the 13.2-RELEASE cycle that he is fully capable of overtaking this role, I will remain active on the team and will be available to him to provide any guidance or insights as needed.

I personally want to thank Colin for accepting this role change. I have worked with Colin for several years directly, and indirectly, much longer than I can remember.

As I am sure many of you all are aware, Colin served the Project as the Security Officer for several years, and authored important utilities used by many within the community, such as portsnap and freebsd-update.

I have sent and received acknowledgement from the Core Team of this decision to step aside, which was well received and no objection to me selecting Colin to be my successor had been posed.

Colin, thank you, again, for overtaking this role, and as we discussed, I will be here to provide any needed guidance, insight, or information as you need. As I had mentioned to you, I do not have any immediate plans to leave the Team, nor do I have any question in my mind that you are the obvious successor to this role.

I am proud to be able to hand over the proverbial torch to you, and look very much forward to your successes as the Release Engineering Team Lead.

It has been an absolute pleasure to be able to serve you all to the best of my abilities over the past several years.

With my very best regards to all involved in the Project, and nothing but the best intentions of the Project in mind.

Glen

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vedranm2• 3 years ago

No idea either.

Anyhow, I hope that all of the issues delaying 14.0-RELEASE have been addressed now and that it will come out soon now.

cperciva• 3 years ago

We're at the stage of "people are proofreading the announcement email". Expect it on Monday.

FWIW, the delay (the announcement was originally scheduled for the 14th) has been mainly due to hiccups in getting FreeBSD 14 into clouds. Nothing to do with the role change.

FreeBSD Release Engineering Team Update: Colin Percival Is Now Release Engineer

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