From 5bd58f63f464ee04a755f64b3238fa59d1d84c99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Linimon Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:19:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add an 'in memoriam' section to the Contributor's Guide that has a brief mention of some people who are no longer with us. Since I didn't know each of these folks, I've tried to do my best to characterize them from what I know. I'm sure the text is inadequate. Discussed with: core, doceng --- .../articles/contributors/article.sgml | 14 ++++ .../contributors/contrib.committers.sgml | 8 -- .../contributors/contrib.develalumni.sgml | 16 ---- .../contributors/contrib.develinmemoriam.sgml | 76 +++++++++++++++++++ .../articles/contributors/contrib.ent | 1 + en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/authors.ent | 10 +-- 6 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) create mode 100644 en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.develinmemoriam.sgml diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/article.sgml index fa94c8b20a..9d77dbcf17 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/article.sgml @@ -356,6 +356,20 @@ &contrib.develalumni; + + Development Team: In Memoriam + + development team + During the many years that the FreeBSD Project has been in + existence, sadly, some of our developers have passed away. + Here are some remembrances. + + In rough reverse chronological order of their + passing: + + &contrib.develinmemoriam; + + Derived Software Contributors diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.committers.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.committers.sgml index e49fe37890..b06a9d1dcf 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.committers.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.committers.sgml @@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ &a.pb; - - &a.jb; - - &a.tdb; @@ -1666,10 +1662,6 @@ &a.sephe; - - &a.jmz; - - &a.az; diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.develalumni.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.develalumni.sgml index 582652d35e..bbb4a05735 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.develalumni.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.develalumni.sgml @@ -219,12 +219,6 @@ &a.arr; (2001 - 2005) - - &a.cg; (1999 - - 2005) - - - &a.sada; (1998 - 2005) @@ -325,12 +319,6 @@ &a.nate; (1993 - 2003) - - &a.alane; (2002 - - 2003) - - - &a.amurai; (1995 - 2003) @@ -637,10 +625,6 @@ &a.rv; (2000 - 2001) - - &a.itojun; (1997 - 2001) - - &a.chuckr; (1996 - 2000) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.develinmemoriam.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.develinmemoriam.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2b67e92702 --- /dev/null +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.develinmemoriam.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ + + + + + &a.jb; ( - 2009; RIP 2009) + + John + made major contributions to FreeBSD, the best known of which + is the import of the &man.dtrace.1 code. John's unique sense + of humor and plain-spokenness either ruffled feathers or + made him quick friends. At the end of his life, he had + moved to a rural area and was attempting to live with + as minimal impact to the planet as possible, while at + the same time still working in the high-tech area. + + + + &a.jmz; ( - 2009; RIP 2009) + + Jean-Marc + was an astrophysist who made important contributions to the modeling + of the atmospheres of both planets and comets at + l'Observatoire de Besançon + in Besançon, France. While there, he participated in the + conception and construction of the Vega tricanal spectrometer + that studied Halley's Comet. He had also been a long-time + contributor to FreeBSD. + + + + &a.itojun; (1997 - 2001; RIP 2008) + Known to everyone as + itojun, + Jun-ichiro Hagino was was a core researcher at the + KAME Project, + which aimed to provide IPv6 and IPsec technology in freely + redistributable form. Much of this code was incorporated + into FreeBSD. Without his efforts, the state of IPv6 on the + Internet would be much different. + + + + &a.cg; (1999 - 2005; RIP 2005) + + Cameron + was a unique individual who contributed to the project + despite serious physical disabilities. He was responsible + for a complete rewrite of our sound system during the + late 1990s. Many of those who corresponded with him had + no idea of his limited mobility, due to his cheerful + spirit and willingness to help others. + + + + &a.alane; (2002 - 2003; RIP 2003) + + Alan + was a major contributor to the KDE on FreeBSD group. In addition, + he maintained many other difficult and time-consuming ports such + as autoconf, + CUPS, and python. + Alan's path was not an easy one but his passion for FreeBSD, and + dedication to programming excellence, won him many friends. + + + + diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.ent b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.ent index 7cd5e1ae81..0ab281278e 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.ent +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.ent @@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ + diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/authors.ent b/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/authors.ent index 77178afdcf..c204e42d51 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/authors.ent +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/authors.ent @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ akiyama@FreeBSD.org"> -alane@FreeBSD.org"> +alane@FreeBSD.org"> alc@FreeBSD.org"> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ ceri@FreeBSD.org"> -cg@FreeBSD.org"> +cg@FreeBSD.org"> charnier@FreeBSD.org"> @@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ itetcu@FreeBSD.org"> -itojun@itojun.org"> +itojun@FreeBSD.org"> ivoras@FreeBSD.org"> @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ jayanth@FreeBSD.org"> -jb@FreeBSD.org"> +jb@FreeBSD.org"> jcamou@FreeBSD.org"> @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ jmg@FreeBSD.org"> -jmz@FreeBSD.org"> +jmz@FreeBSD.org"> joe@FreeBSD.org">