Re: ANN: GWorkspace 1.0

[Xavier Brochard]

Hi

I wrote a paper on linuxfr.org french website (not yet published) about 
GWorkspace and Bertrand, called "GWorkspace 1.0 pour Noël et pour 
Bertrand Dekoninck". I was admirative of his kindness and all the very 
little things he has done to polished user's experience, so I tried to 
express why tolerance and involvement are necessary in today's world 
(there is a lot of flawewars on linuxfr.org regarding free software and 
Covid 19).

Librement,
Xavier Brochard xavier@alternatif.org
La liberté est à l'homme ce que les ailes sont à l'oiseau (Jean-Pierre 
Rosnay)

Le 26.12.2021 15:52, Gregory Casamento a écrit :
> All,
>
> Words can't express a loss like this.  Especially of someone so 
> brilliant.
> I really can't add much more to the eloquent words written by both 
> Riccardo
> and Gerold.
>
> I can only say that his imprint on this community will live long after
> him.  He was a great contributor and a valued friend and shall always 
> be
> remembered.
>
> Yours, GC
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 8:01 PM Gerold Rupprecht <geroldr@bluewin.ch> 
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Anne,
> >
> > A small but significant moment to start Christmas day. We honor you, 
> > your
> > husband Bertrand and the spirit of generosity he has shown to us.
> >
> > Thank you for your part in making this moment happen. I am sure 
> > Bertrand
> > needed and appreciated your support.
> >
> > May your moments of silence and sorrow be short.
> >
> > I hope many others will learn to enjoy and appreciate Bertrand's and 
> > our
> > community's contributions to a common good.
> > Thank you Riccardo, your timing was impeccable.
> >
> > Thanks to all GNUsteppers, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
> >
> > Gerold
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: ANN: GWorkspace 1.0
> > Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 01:37:36 +0100
> > From: Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>
> > <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>
> > Organization: GNUstep
> > To: info-gnustep@gnu.org, discuss-gnustep@gnu.org, info-gnu@gnu.org
> > CC: anne.dekoninck@free.fr
> >
> > GWORKSPACE 1.0
> > --------------
> >
> > Christmas, in Anno Domini 2021.
> >
> > This is a different announcemement than usual, since it is a special
> > release: it is tagged 1.0 after many years of work. It is different,
> > because it is a personal writing. The last release has been long ago, 
> > but
> > many refinements and improvements came in; there has been a person who
> > spurred me improving and working on GWorkspace: Bertrand Dekoninck.
> >
> > Hard times were the past two years and they have not been easy and the
> > pandemic is not yet over, so in the Christmas Eve, a new release of
> > GWorkspace has been done and it is dedicated to Bertrand: so shall he 
> > be
> > remembered from us GNUsteppers, he, who had not the privilege to live 
> > till
> > Christmas with his family.
> >
> > A reserved user who really gave the sensation to be interested in 
> > GNUstep
> > and its applications, thus, especially GWorkspace. Continuously he 
> > proposed
> > contributions, tested, always gentle, collaborative: a friend. I will 
> > miss
> > him, we will miss him.
> > Betrand, as me, worked also on PowerPC - so it was inspiring to know 
> > that
> > supporting that Big Endian platform was useful! After the pandemic, I
> > wanted to meet hi8mfor a hacking session, but it will no longer happen 
> > on
> > earth.
> >
> > Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!