Ste Packaging

Some of you may have noticed that I’m not in IRC. I decided I needed a break from it. Frankly, too many people were hounding me for package updates. Between people hounding me there and via email, it was getting very stressful. After a recent incident of this, I decided that I needed to take a step back. People seem to expect me to work on package updates 24×7, without pay. Yes, I am behind and that’s unusual. Regular readers of this blog know why, so I’ll not repeat it here. I’m working to get caught up - hell, I put out 44 updates last week. That wasn’t good enough for many people though - they want all the updates done NOW, preferably yesterday. Well, it ain’t gonna happen.

So, to give myself a mental break from the masses, I have stepped away from IRC for now. I’ll probably also press ‘delete’ on any email from users (NOT developers), that asks where the update to some package is. The fact is, it’ll be out when I get to it. I will generally work on them every day, but I make no promises. I *would* like to get caught up, so I’ll not be lazy about it, but if I feel like taking a day off here and there, I will. If you don’t like that: tough. My goal is to try to do them faster than they come in, otherwise I’ll never get caught up, but I won’t be pressured or bullied by users who, for the most part, download a half a million packages a day without donating a single penny to me. You won’t be getting quick updates when I lose my house and Internet connection … To those of you who have donated, and you know who you are, thank you for your kindness and generosity.

See you when I’m caught up. Developers, you know how to reach me via email. If you need a more immediate conversation, just ask, and I’ll give you my AIM/Yahoo screen names.

-ste

UPDATE: For the curious, in order for me to live solely off of this site, it needs to gross a minimum of $219 a day. So far, this month, it’s grossing an average of $33.28 a day (ad revenue = 37%, donations = 63%). -ste