Hi all,
Everyone has noticed that I am kind of quiet on the
IRC channel. The reason for that, and the reason that
I haven't been sending updates is that my current
situation is not giving me enough time to work on
this project.
I know that I promised in the application that I will
give my best to this project. At that point in time, it
was true. Now, because of some personal/family
reasons, I am unable to honor this commitment. It
would be worse for both the community and me if I
kept dragging this on for longer. So, with great regret
and guilt, I wish to quit on this GSoC project.
I could do a shoddy job and stay on the project, but the
community deserves a better effort than that. The entire
community at Guix has been so great to me and I would
feel like I am exploiting that niceness for the stipend
and I do not wish to do so. I know I took the opportunity
away from someone who would have been more
committed and right now I can not do anything but
apologize for that.
I knew this project would be tough on me, due to my
lack of sufficient exposure to Scheme and due to the
complexities involved, but at the time of writing the
proposal I sincerely thought that I would be able to do
it with a commitment of 40 hours a week. I didn't intend
to deceive anyone. I tried really hard to put in more
hours but the last week showed me that it was difficult.
However, this is not the last you will see of me. While
I might not be able to spend 40 hours a week as expected,
I will spend some time every week working on this project
because I like it and I hope to produce something of value
to the community.
I already sent out a personal mail to my mentors a few days
ago. I wanted to let the community know too.
Sorry,
uniq10