From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R36fk-0007QW-2G for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:35:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2354521C036; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm32.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm32.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [72.30.238.128]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ADE0521C036 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.212.145] by nm32.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Sep 2011 13:35:23 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.205] by tm2.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Sep 2011 13:35:23 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1014.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Sep 2011 13:35:23 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 25267.6517.bm@omp1014.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 7447 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Sep 2011 13:35:22 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1315834522; bh=WMmBF4QHMQLpCeOZJTiurNf+jIR5W/xNh9twnM0Xico=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=KTbZtnjup3l8ALP5QdrDIg8ZtlwqJAaiX0J99BUqbHJ+fSaLCwVg8V6zU7ksVHAnrRq2UH1xgUm3ZvbchqpBAQb6iG85xT5/LIdpiF07bqCp2kPuA2j3vnLJowg45yEy962+qzGcyzghMMRO83/p7I/2emz0hF3BhWg6LkdpH5c= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=L/pBCS0cgSzlXriKNgRa+0qXe4LTo+9RKtLxlKlBfbo0/d4B+8z1ELmkpRbRN/qsPf6uNE7OsNyCorCWppd2VHk2UcrCmU9WjxUPOPiWNc0gPjntB4wG75NQbCpFP9rdjiEUKaUfFyyNtjuQBJ04Te5XzuRyG/Q/L1ykeHwH4nY=; X-YMail-OSG: AN3AtaMVM1mRwq7mWwBe1Es6GailCsaLskEQlSwV.m3a_DZ 3jPNdksXyqnhGl67__0d9FJ8HjRi7v7fwuYn4CI62Ksba1oPJif3Xnvq_ZwV xhdl7HCBqKdRGUJXXnFWtyUcMrM7zgeq8z.dz9Ni5BEczxiPZdXdSee_kDuX 60zP7hrOMl2BHXRx3jS8_Es911DsG_zbzSteTkTji4heR1SGPTOzVJuVRDYD FllwTNDU8VXdLnuVJWuOoj.PySBH263w3y5k.d4oqdWGkdRnKMjKkW8PV1bk 23igh4u5upsApDhhs6GuludSnVbi73NyzqdWektLjXTlsSkQ0FPrZfhSKEr5 MFbk7EOpYnvhWZcEbrni7nICQ0o7wG2q9VJ7hRnIjSv5ii0uoikw.AYXIHzJ aZQQpyixT2HTS1eNW5i8rq6036E0g35z23jfcahCAX7eeoCvYwHKv_hHk0kl DmrfKr18qiExQurkQVeKSkw-- Received: from [209.51.184.10] by web161008.mail.bf1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:35:22 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/14.0.5 YahooMailWebService/0.8.113.315625 Message-ID: <1315834522.6727.YahooMailClassic@web161008.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:35:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] A big thanks to Matt Turner for his hard work on Gentoo/MIPS To: Gentoo-dev , gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org Cc: mattst88@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4E6D69CB.1030304@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6461a4ab7266846ce66e5096816c2fc1 =0ASo hear ye all.=0A=0A-S-=0A=0A--- On Sun, 9/11/11, Joshua Kinard wrote:=0A=0A> From: Joshua Kinard =0A> Subjec= t: [gentoo-mips] A big thanks to Matt Turner for his hard work on Gentoo/MI= PS=0A> To: "Gentoo-dev" , "Gentoo/MIPS" =0A> Cc: mattst88@gentoo.org=0A> Date: Sunday, Sept= ember 11, 2011, 10:09 PM=0A> =0A> Hey all,=0A> =0A> I just want to take a m= inute to thank Matt Turner=0A> (mattst88) for all his=0A> hard work and lea= dership in keeping Gentoo/MIPS alive=0A> within the project.=0A> =0A> It ha= s been a long, tough road for the MIPS port of=0A> Gentoo.=A0 Our hardware = is=0A> quirky, extremely diversified, sometimes archaic, and not=0A> the ea= siest in the=0A> world to understand.=A0 With my time having been limited= =0A> over the past two or=0A> so years, we had regressed a fair bit, and th= e MIPS port as=0A> a whole has=0A> largely been leaderless.=A0 Thus we beca= me a thorn in=0A> the side of many a=0A> developer, many of whom I sure ask= ed the question, "Why are=0A> we still=0A> supporting this oddball architec= ture?".=0A> =0A> Matt has stepped up to the plate and gotten things fixed u= p=0A> and working=0A> again, a task that I honestly felt was becoming more = and=0A> more of a long-shot=0A> with each passing week.=A0 We have new stag= es -- in all=0A> ABIs and two (or three=0A> now?) ISAs, proper multilib sup= port, our bug count is=0A> actually going down,=0A> and possibly new instal= l media on the way.=A0 None, I=0A> repeat, none of this=0A> would have been= possible without Matt's leadership and=0A> drive to make the=0A> MIPS port= relevant once more.=0A> =0A> So please join me in thanking Matt for his ha= rd work, time,=0A> and leadership=0A> in making Gentoo/MIPS a viable elemen= t of the Gentoo=0A> project one again!=0A> =0A> Thanks Matt!=0A> =0A> -- = =0A> Joshua Kinard=0A> Gentoo/MIPS=0A> kumba@gentoo.org=0A> 4096R/D25D95E3 = 2011-03-28=0A> =0A> "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the futur= e=0A> frightens us.=A0 And=0A> our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost = in that vast,=0A> terrible in-between."=0A> =0A> --Emperor Turhan, Centauri= Republic=0A> =0A>