[Dbix-class] 3/5 Why my plan got scrapped

[Peter Rabbitson]

On 10/07/2016 08:40 PM, David Golden wrote:
>>
>> * The plan of succession I formed in December 2015, and had not
>> deviated from until this week, is presently null and void. It was
>> an unusual arrangement, with critical pieces based on a combination
>> of promises and assumptions. Recent events resulted in the invalidation
>> of several such foundation points, and there is no possible way I myself
>> could presently endorse it.
>
> I find this very vague and would appreciate any additional information
> you feel you can share.  I'm disappointed that we (both the community
> and the PAUSE admins, in this context) never got to hear more details
> about your plan than what I quoted in my original email of this thread.
>

The plan got scrapped for 2 main reasons:

1) It was my understanding[1] that Matt recognized and accepted his 
irrelevance to the project[2], and was not going to interfere with it 
going forward (see next email "4/5..." on why this is crucial)

2) I gravely misjudged how far the user community drifted from the 
unanimous endorsement[3] 3 years ago of the following (I quote):

> Would DBIx::Class benefit more from my continued, albeit somewhat
> abrasive, presence at the helm (which implies continuous rejection
> of "worse is better", slow and careful "ready when ready"-style
> release cycles, multiple layers of checks and testing, and generally
> slow vetting and acceptance of external contributions)?

The person I was going to hand an *exclusive* FIRSTCOME to, would be 
among other things relying on a steadfast, demanding and uncompromising 
user community to keep them honest. The threads demonstrated that this 
community of users no longer exists (or perhaps they are silent, which 
in the end would have the same effect).

[1] http://lists.scsys.co.uk/pipermail/dbix-class/2016-October/012279.html
[2] https://gist.github.com/ribasushi/f2502a29f5e2c7c48e03f7bd34e7ddd2
[3] 
http://blogs.perl.org/users/peter_rabbitson/2013/07/crowdsourcing-self-confidence.html#comments