[Apcupsd-users] apcupsd project management

[Kern Sibbald]

Hello,

I imagine that like me, most of you have been impressed with Adam's knowledge
of the apcupsd, usb, and the kernel (among other things) as well as his
patience and willingness to take the time and effort to help apcupsd users
resolve their problems.  He has also made some important structural
modifications to apcupsd all the while being extremely prudent in what
changes he made and how he made them.

With that in mind, it seemed to me that it was time that Adam had the
"authority" commensurate with the responsibilities he has assumed.  As a
consequence, I asked him if he would be willing to accept the role of being
the apcupsd project manager.

I am very pleased to inform you that Adam accepted :-)

Just so that there is no confusion: it isn't a question of me leaving the
project. I plan on continuing as I have been doing for quite some time now in
a "advisory" role.  In addition, I have a number of modest projects that
interest me a lot.  So the bottom line is that I don't see any major changes
on the horizon ...

I convey my best wishes to Adam in his new responsibities as apcupsd project
manager.

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Best regards,

Kern

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[Stephen Walton]

Kern Sibbald wrote:

>I convey my best wishes to Adam in his new responsibities as apcupsd project
>manager.
>  
>
Here, here!  While I've mainly a lurker here and don't use the more
advanced stuff which has been added lately (like USB support as I have
older serial-only units right now), I have been impressed with the
quality of Adam's work and his postings to these lists.

Stephen Walton
Cal State Northridge



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[Francesco Face]

> From: apcupsd-users-admin@...
> [mailto:apcupsd-users-admin@...] On Behalf
> Of Kern Sibbald
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:02 PM
> To: Apcupsd-announce; Apcupsd-users
> Subject: [Apcupsd-users] apcupsd project management
>
> Hello,

[cut]

I just can say... Congratulations Adam!

Francesco



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[Rory Campbell-Lange]

Congratulations, Adam.

Thanks to your help (and Kern's), we are happily using apcupsd in
several environments.

Many thanks,
Rory

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[Adam Kropelin]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 09:01:42PM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> <...many complimentary things about me, some of which might even
> be true...>
>
> I convey my best wishes to Adam in his new responsibities as apcupsd project
> manager.

Thanks for the kind words and for your confidence.

A little history...

In December 2003 I submitted my first patch for apcupsd, a rather broken
little number that attempted to help apcupsd's USB driver cope with the
linux-2.6.0 test kernels. Kern responded, interested that I had found a
workaround, but asking for an explanation of exactly *why* it worked. Of
course, I didn't have one. Kern encouraged me to dig deeper, and a few
days later I found the source of the problem: a bug in the kernel. I
prepared a patch for the kernel and also a clean workaround for apcupsd.
Kern committed my apcupsd patch immediately and the kernel patch went in
for 2.6.1. Everyone lived happily ever after.

Well, sort of. Folks ran into other USB problems and I helped track them
down. As time went on I learned more about the rest of apcupsd and
started answering general questions as well.

Why relate all this? As a warning to other F/OSS project contributors.
Watch out. These projects can get stuck in your head and before you know
it, you'll own the thing. At least as much as anyone ever "owns" a F/OSS
project, which is to say not at all. :)

Joking aside, I'm very excited about taking on the role of apcupsd
project manager. In spite of our relatively low profile, apcupsd is a
crucial tool deployed in data centers around the world. We average about
10,000 downloads for each release, even those containing only bug fixes.
We support dozens of APC models using a myriad of cables and interfacing
technologies on over 20 operating system platforms. All of this with
little to no hardware documentation.

So where do we go from here? The project management transition should be
largely transparent to users. Kern and I have discovered that we have
very similar outlooks and "taste" when it comes to design decisions. As
he said, Kern himself will remain on the project to work on features
that interest him and to provide guidance and insight as I get my sea
legs.

Thanks to the community for your support of the apcupsd project and my
work in particular. The show of support following Kern's announcement
has been truly gratifying. I hope you'll all join me in thanking Kern
for his dedicated leadership over the years. Apcupsd is in such good
shape today largely due to his tireless effort.

Thanks, Kern!

--Adam



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[Kern Sibbald]

On Friday 30 September 2005 18:05, Adam Kropelin wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 09:01:42PM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> > <...many complimentary things about me, some of which might even
> > be true...>
> >
> > I convey my best wishes to Adam in his new responsibities as apcupsd
> > project manager.
>
> Thanks for the kind words and for your confidence.
>
> A little history...
>
> In December 2003 I submitted my first patch for apcupsd, a rather broken
> little number that attempted to help apcupsd's USB driver cope with the
> linux-2.6.0 test kernels. Kern responded, interested that I had found a
> workaround, but asking for an explanation of exactly *why* it worked. Of
> course, I didn't have one. Kern encouraged me to dig deeper, and a few
> days later I found the source of the problem: a bug in the kernel. I
> prepared a patch for the kernel and also a clean workaround for apcupsd.
> Kern committed my apcupsd patch immediately and the kernel patch went in
> for 2.6.1. Everyone lived happily ever after.
>
> Well, sort of. Folks ran into other USB problems and I helped track them
> down. As time went on I learned more about the rest of apcupsd and
> started answering general questions as well.
>
> Why relate all this? As a warning to other F/OSS project contributors.
> Watch out. These projects can get stuck in your head and before you know
> it, you'll own the thing. At least as much as anyone ever "owns" a F/OSS
> project, which is to say not at all. :)
>
> Joking aside, I'm very excited about taking on the role of apcupsd
> project manager. In spite of our relatively low profile, apcupsd is a
> crucial tool deployed in data centers around the world. We average about
> 10,000 downloads for each release, even those containing only bug fixes.
> We support dozens of APC models using a myriad of cables and interfacing
> technologies on over 20 operating system platforms. All of this with
> little to no hardware documentation.
>
> So where do we go from here? The project management transition should be
> largely transparent to users. Kern and I have discovered that we have
> very similar outlooks and "taste" when it comes to design decisions. As
> he said, Kern himself will remain on the project to work on features
> that interest him and to provide guidance and insight as I get my sea
> legs.
>
> Thanks to the community for your support of the apcupsd project and my
> work in particular. The show of support following Kern's announcement
> has been truly gratifying. I hope you'll all join me in thanking Kern
> for his dedicated leadership over the years. Apcupsd is in such good
> shape today largely due to his tireless effort.
>

Thanks for your very kind words.

I hope that the day you decide to pass on the project management to someone,
you will have found someone that makes you feel as comfortable as I am about
you :-)

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Best regards,

Kern

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