Dear Sir Sage Weil , Thank you for everything you have done on the entire project (CEPH) , we thank you for this brilliant project you have invented and the work you spent on it. for really we will miss your contribution . I wish you success in your future endeavors. Best regards Michel On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 4:41 PM Sage Weil <sage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This fall I will be stepping back from a leadership role in the Ceph > project. My primary focus during the next two months will be to work with > developers and community members to ensure a smooth transition to a more > formal system of governance for the Ceph project. My last day at Red Hat > will be in December. > > I have been working on Ceph since 2004. I am immensely proud of what we > have accomplished over the last 17 years, and see a bright future for the > project. I continue to be excited by and inspired by Ceph and the impact > that open source storage has on the industry. I am especially impressed by > the recent influx of talented new developers to the project, and I have the > utmost confidence in and respect for the developer leads who are the > driving force behind the project today. I have no doubt that Ceph will > continue to thrive. > > > A few likely questions… > > -- Where am I going / What am I doing next? > > As many of you may be aware, I took a nine-month leave in 2020 to work with > VoteAmerica to help people vote in the US elections. This was a great > experience that reminded me what it was like to work on a small, > fast-moving team with a clear mission. I expect to do something similar for > the 2022 midterm elections, but I do not yet have concrete plans beyond > that, except for a desire to work on something with high social impact. > > -- Am I leaving Ceph for good? > > Initially, I expect to step back from a leadership role but continue to > contribute as a developer--at least for the short term. How much I > contribute will depend on other time commitments, which are not easy to > predict. My best guess is that I will continue to do some work on the > Quincy release but play a minimal role in the R release. > > -- What will Ceph project leadership look like going forward? > > The Ceph Leadership Team[1] has known about this coming transition for a > couple of weeks now and has been discussing models for more formal project > governance. We’ve been looking at other projects that have made similar > transitions (e.g., Python) for ideas and inspiration. Expect to see > messages to the email list(s) as we get closer to specific proposals. > > -- What does this mean for Red Hat's involvement in Ceph? > > My decision to leave Red Hat is unlikely to have any impact whatsoever on > Red Hat's ongoing use of Ceph or its commitment to the Ceph project and > community. > > Stay tuned for more information as the discussion around project governance > continues. > > It has been a great honor to see a vibrant user and developer community > form around Ceph, and to see so many people devote their time, energy, and > careers to a project that once seemed like such a long shot. Thank you all > for believing in us! > > With gratitude, > > sage > > > [1] https://ceph.io/en/community/team/ > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx
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