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On 02/02/2018 09:52 AM, Adam Spiers wrote:
> Dear Stackers,
> 
> Since git and Gerrit are at the heart of our development process, I am
> passing on this very sad news from the git / Gerrit communities that
> Shawn Pearce has passed away after an aggressive lung cancer.
> 
> Shawn was founder of Gerrit / JGit / libgit2 / git-gui, and the third
> most prolific contributor to git itself.
> 
>     https://gitenterprise.me/2018/01/30/shawn-pearce-a-true-leader/
>     https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/jan/30/shawn-pearce/
>     https://twitter.com/cdibona/status/957822400518696960
>     
> https://public-inbox.org/git/CAP8UFD0aKqT5YXJx9-MqeKCKhOVGxninRf8tv30=hKgVmHgmQQ@mail.gmail.com/T/#mf5c158c68565c1c68c80b6543966ef2cad6d151c 
> 
>     
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/repo-discuss/B4P7G1YirdM/discussion
> 
> He is survived by his wife and two young sons.  A memorial fund has
> been set up in aid of the boys' education and future:
> 
>     
> https://gitenterprise.me/2018/01/30/gerrithub-io-donations-to-shawns-family/ 
> 
> 
> Thank you Shawn for enriching our lives with your great contributions
> to the FLOSS community.

++

OpenStack would not be where it is today without Shawn's work.

> ----- Forwarded message from Adam Spiers <aspiers at suse.com> -----
> 
> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 15:12:35 +0000
> From: Adam Spiers <aspiers at suse.com>
> To: Luca Milanesio <luca at gerritforge.com>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Remembering Shawn Pearce
> 
> Hi Luca, that's such sad news :-(  What an incredible contribution
> Shawn made to the community.  In addition to Gerrit, I use git-gui and
> gitk regularly, and also my git-deps utility is based on libgit2.  I
> had no idea he wrote them all, and many other things.
> 
> I will certainly donate and also ensure that the OpenStack community
> is aware of the memorial fund.  Thanks a lot for letting me know!
> 
> Luca Milanesio <luca at gerritforge.com> wrote:
>> Hi Adam,
>> you probably have received this very sad news :-(
>> As GerritForge we are actively supporting, contributing and promoting 
>> the donations to Shawn's Memorial Fund 
>> (https://www.gofundme.com/shawn-pearce-memorial-fund) and added a 
>> donation button to GerritHub.io <http://gerrithub.io/>.
>>
>> Feel free to spread the sad news to the OpenStack community you are in 
>> touch with.
>> ---
>> Luca Milanesio
>> GerritForge
>> 3rd Fl. 207 Regent Street
>> London W1B 3HH - UK
>> http://www.gerritforge.com <http://www.gerritforge.com/>
>>
>> Luca at gerritforge.com <mailto:luca at gerritforge.com>
>> Tel:  +44 (0)20 3292 0677
>> Mob: +44 (0)792 861 7383
>> Skype: lucamilanesio
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/lucamilanesio 
>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/lucamilanesio>
>>
>> > Begin forwarded message:
>> > > From: "'Dave Borowitz' via Repo and Gerrit Discussion" 
>> <repo-discuss at googlegroups.com>
>> > Subject: Remembering Shawn Pearce
>> > Date: 29 January 2018 at 15:15:05 GMT
>> > To: repo-discuss <repo-discuss at googlegroups.com>
>> > Reply-To: Dave Borowitz <dborowitz at google.com>
>> > > Dear Gerrit community,
>> > > I am very saddened to report that Shawn Pearce, long-time Git 
>> contributor and founder of the Gerrit Code Review project, passed away 
>> over the weekend after being diagnosed with lung cancer last year. He 
>> spent his final days comfortably in his home, surrounded by family, 
>> friends, and colleagues.
>> > > Shawn was an exceptional software engineer and it is impossible to 
>> overstate his contributions to the Git ecosystem. He had everything 
>> from the driving high-level vision to the coding skills to solve any 
>> complex problem and bring his vision to reality. If you had the 
>> pleasure of collaborating with him on code reviews, as I know many of 
>> you did, you've seen first-hand his dedication and commitment to 
>> quality. You can read more about his contributions in this recent 
>> interview 
>> <https://git.github.io/rev_news/2017/08/16/edition-30/#developer-spotlight-shawn-pearce>. 
>>
>> > > In addition to his technical contributions, Shawn truly loved the 
>> open-source communities he was a part of, and the Gerrit community in 
>> particular. Growing the Gerrit project from nothing to a global 
>> community with hundreds of contributors used by some of the world's 
>> most prominent tech companies is something he was extremely proud of.
>> > > Please join me in remembering Shawn Pearce and continuing his 
>> legacy. Feel free to use this thread to share your memories with the 
>> community Shawn loved.
>> > > If you are interested, his family has set up GoFundMe page 
>> <https://www.gofundme.com/shawn-pearce-memorial-fund> to put towards 
>> his children's future.
>> > > Best wishes,
>> > Dave Borowitz
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