From: "U.Nakamura" <usa@...>
Date: 2011-01-10T01:25:09+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:34274] Re: Moving to Git?

Hello,

In message "[ruby-core:34253] Re: Moving to Git?"
    on Jan.08,2011 22:28:37, <luislavena@gmail.com> wrote:
| >>> ? ? ? - one important committer will leave, if we switch to git
| >>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -> can we do something against it?
| >
| > This is probably just a result of misunderstanding some posts in this
| > thread, not a real issue.
| 
| I don't think so, Mr. Nakamura (usa) stated he will leave the core
| (stop contributing) if we move to Git.

Yes, I am "he".
Sorry, for the fan of Git, it is true that I dislike Git.
However, I'm not threatening you to avoid Ruby moving to Git.
Even if Ruby doesn't to move to Git, I will resign sooner or later.
So all of you shouldn't take care of me about this topic.

As already declared last summer[*1], I will abandon the obligation of
maintenance about mswin32 when 1.9.2 will be released.
I will continue about mswin64 for a while, but will abandon it in some
timing, too. (I've not decided the timing yet. Maybe when moving to Git
or 1.9.4 release.)

[*1] http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/wiki/ruby/DevelopersMeeting20100827


Off topic;

There are a lot of reasons. 
Moving to Git is only a trigger.

I have spent really a lot of time on the development of Ruby. 
It was a very happy experience, but I want to move to a standpoint
that should not feel responsibility.

I had maintained the Windows version of Ruby about ten years.
Ten years are very long periods.
Being kept such authority long periods by one person leads the project
to stagnation.
So I should succeed it to promising successors, just like I succeeded it
from great predecessors.

Recently, Ruby got some new committers who support the Windows version
 -- tarui, arton, and luislavana.
They are able, and they have zeal.
They, and other new contributors who are not known by us now, will succeed
my work.


Regards,
-- 
U.Nakamura <usa@garbagecollect.jp>