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The announcement came in the form of a concise e-mail to the gentoo-nfp mailing list:
From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@...>
Subject: Resigning from development role
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:48:49 +0000
Hi All,
As of today, I am resigning from my development responsibilities for Gentoo.
This includes my role as Chief Architect and as manager of release
engineering. I am not appointing a replacement Chief Architect. For releng,
Zhen is doing an excellent job leading this effort and I would like him to
be able to continue his work in this area.
Regards,
Daniel
Dubbed last here at LinuxWorld, "a distribution by geeks, for geeks and for nobody but geeks," Gentoo has gained over the past 12 months a rapidly increasing, fiercely loyal group of users - largely on account of the leadership of Robbins.
As Nick Petreley wrote for us at the time:
"Obviously a geek can set up a Gentoo system for a non-geek, so you may find novices using Gentoo. You just won't find many novices installing it. ... Until further notice, Gentoo is now my flavor of Linux. If you have three days to a week to devote to Gentoo, and you're up to the challenge of installing it, I highly recommend it."
On the Gentoo Linux official Web site this morning is the following statement:
"The departure of Daniel Robbins as the Chief Architect of Gentoo Linux will undoubtedly be felt by the project. Daniel was a key contributor to the Gentoo Linux project and his contributions will be missed by many.
As mentioned previously, Gentoo Technologies is in the process of becoming an official 501(c)(6) Not For Profit organization. This will place the stewardship of Gentoo Linux into the hands of a Board of Trustees, who will act as gentle caretakers of Gentoo.
This Board, along with the team of approximately 200 Gentoo developers, will ensure that the development of Gentoo Linux continues unabated. As has been the case for some time, Gentoo Linux is far bigger than any one person. It is made up of the contributions of literally tens of thousands of people that comprise the Gentoo User Community. The greatest strength of Gentoo Linux has always been our oustanding community. This key strength, moreso than any other, is what will ensure Gentoo Linux continues as a vibrant, exciting Linux distribution far into the future.
For those of you who may be concerned with the uncertainty brought on by this transition, we remind you that the key to our success lies in your hands as a member of the Gentoo community. We have always and will always be as successful as you make us. Thus, you can ensure the continued success of Gentoo Linux by continuing to test ebuilds, help fix bugs on bugzilla, contribute to documentation, participate on the forums and any of the other myriad of tasks that make up Gentoo Linux."
Gentoo is described by its advocates as "special flavor of Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need." Coincidentally, this week sees the release of Gentoo Linux 2004.1, just announced, as follows:
The Gentoo Linux Release Engineering team is proud to announce the release of Gentoo Linux 2004.1. Please consult our mirror index for download locations and the Gentoo Linux Installation Handbook for detailed installation instructions. Support for Gentoo Linux 2004.1 can be found through our user community by way of the Gentoo Forums, IRC and various community mailing-lists. Release notes for each architecture can be found linked from the Gentoo Linux Release Engineering project page.
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