Shawn Pearce, author of Gerrit and Git-related projects, has died

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Post by christop » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 6:53 PM UTC

Shawn Pearce, author of Gerrit and Git-related projects, has died
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Re: Shawn Pearce, author of Gerrit and Git-related projects, has died

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Post by chriscool » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 11:08 PM UTC

Here is the related thread on the Git mailing list:

https://public-inbox.org/git/CAP8UFD0aKqT5YXJx9-MqeKCKhOVGxn...

Re: Shawn Pearce, author of Gerrit and Git-related projects, has died

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Post by matttproud » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 11:23 PM UTC

This is a damn shame. I wish his family well.

I had the pleasure of having worked with Shawn on a few projects. He was a fantastic person and engineer. On one occasion — and completely unprompted — he mailed me a 0.5 cubic meter box of stuffed Diffy-the-Kung-Fu-Code-Review-Cuckoo plushies to distribute about the office: https://www.gerritcodereview.com

Re: Shawn Pearce, author of Gerrit and Git-related projects, has died

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Post by christop » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 11:25 PM UTC

chriscool wrote: post #2

Here is the related thread on the Git mailing list: https://public-inbox.org/git/CAP8UFD0aKqT5YXJx9-MqeKCKhOVGxn...

And on the Gerrit mailing list: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/repo-discuss/B4P7G1YirdM/d...

Re: Shawn Pearce, author of Gerrit and Git-related projects, has died

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Post by puzzle » Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 11:52 PM UTC

matttproud wrote: post #3

This is a damn shame. I wish his family well. I had the pleasure of having worked with Shawn on a few projects. He was a fantastic person and engineer. On one occasion — and completely unprompted — he mailed me a 0.5 cubic meter box of stuffed Diffy-the-Kung-Fu-Code-Review-Cuckoo plushies to distribute about the office: https://www.gerritcodereview.com

In my limited interactions, he was a great person and incredibly patient, too.