Re: [Pan-users] How to use Numeric Pad 'Delete' key

[Lacrocivious Acrophosist]

On Thu, 19 May 2016 18:30:28 -0700, walt wrote:

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> I'm pretty sure this experiment would have failed without the work that
> you and Detlef and Petr have been doing, so, thanks again to all of you!

I second that acknowledgement, especially to Petr Kovar and Duncan. All 
too often we fail to express our appreciation, myself included. I'm only 
a long-time user and can't code my way out of a paper bag, but without 
the ongoing support of regular *and* ephemeral contributors, Pan would 
long ago have sunk into the Abyss Of Unusability.

Now that Heinrich Muller has apparently moved on, the contributions of 
Detlef Graef, Steve Davies, Petr Kovar and others I am sure my subobtimal 
mental acuity causes me to omit, become even more valuable during this 
time, another 'dry spell' between lead devs. Lead devs come along from 
time to time, manifest magic to keep Pan updated and functional in an 
evolving environment, and then move on.

But there is a center of gravity for the Pan project, and now it moves 
back to that center, as it has done for decades. That center is Duncan.

Without Duncan, Pan would not have survived the lean times that have come 
more than a few times during Pan's history. Duncan embodies the 
institutional history of the project, groks the evolution and intricacies 
of Pan in ways that are unique and probably without peer, and for decades 
now he has offered quality help to anyone who asks for it.

Duncan is Pan's rock against the tides of entropy, and Pan is the better 
for it. Is it odd to offer such praise to a non-developer? I don't think 
so. Every project needs glue, and continuity, and Duncan has and 
continues to provide that, and I for one am very glad he does.

-- 
Lacrocivious Acrophosist

Twice as crazy as I would be, if I was half as crazy as I am.