[kde-community] Sad news (fwd)

[Jaroslaw Staniek]

On 28 August 2014 08:15, Jens Reuterberg <jens at ohyran.se> wrote:
> That is a good point, Boud would probably be able to get a hold of the guys
> friend (who wrote on the Calligra list on his behalf) just to check in and
> make sure we don't do something they'd rather not see.


Hi All,
As I am preparing the announcement, I'd like to ask if there's "go
ahead" so we dedicate Calligra 2.8.6 to Mojtaba and write a paragraph
in this Wednesday release announcement.
Or 2.9.0? which is planned in 3 months, what would make sense better for you?


On 26 August 2014 18:04, Mehrdad Momeny <mehrdad.momeny at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Calligra developers,
> I hope you are all fine.
>
> I guess some of you should know Mojtaba Shahi, He was working on some parts
> of Calligra as I know. I have a really sad news for those of you, it's yet
> unbelievable for myself.
> Mojtaba has passed away some days ago due to a brain stroke.
> Today was his burial in his hometown, Mashhad.
>
> May his soul rest in peace now.


> On Wednesday 27 August 2014 22.03.34 Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
>> Jens, I think that would be lovely. It is so hard to lose a member of
>> the community. And to lose a young person, who would otherwise have a
>> long career ahead of them, feels tragic.
>>
>> I would like to see a respectful Dot story, and some nice memories on
>> blogs as well. And a named Calligra release seems perfect.
>>
>> Does anyone have contact with the family, to be sure that this
>> attention to their loved one is welcome?
>>
>> Valorie
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Jens <jens at ohyran.se> wrote:
>> > +1
>> >
>> > Moji or Mojtaba release sounds nice - should I do a black web banner or
>> > something that we can add to our respective blogs?
>> >
>> > Just to show some respect for someone who contributed to something that
>> > benefit us all.
>> >
>> > On Wednesday 27 August 2014 12.14.48 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
>> >> On Wednesday 27 August 2014 09:00:04 Jens Reuterberg wrote:
>> >> > Thats terrible news.
>> >> >
>> >> > As a community would it be appropriate to write up a short
>> >> > retrospective
>> >> > of
>> >> > Mojtaba? Perhaps combined with a photo, some information about him, his
>> >> > work and his life and post it on one of the larger KDE blogs?
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't know how Iranian burial customs work and we should check in
>> >> > with
>> >> > his family and friends (Mehrdad perhaps if you could help out) but with
>> >> > their allowance it seems as a nice gesture to do towards someone who
>> >> > has
>> >> > been a part of our community as well as worked on things that benefit
>> >> > us
>> >> > all (beyond our own community).
>> >> >
>> >> > What do everyone else think?
>> >>
>> >> When community member Claire Lotion passed away in 2012, there was a Dot
>> >> story ( https://dot.kde.org/2012/05/20/remembering-claire-lotion ) and
>> >> the
>> >> KDE SC 4.9 release was dedicated to her memory (
>> >> http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.9/ ). Chakra followed suit and named
>> >> their KDE SC 4.9 release series "Chakra Claire".
>> >>
>> >> Maybe dedicating a Calligra release to  Mojtaba would make more sense
>> >> than a KDE SC release because Calligra was his focus, but a dot story
>> >> would surely be due.
>>
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