The disaster in my perception is the fact that a single person is able to chase away one of the most capable persons in our community. The rest of the community has not been able to stop this from happening.

I myself was most annoyed by the constant comparison between perl5 and perl6. There is just very very few common parts in the two projacts and picking on a release schedule or backwards compatability is not nice when you compare a project that has built up a huge history against a project that has no real production uses yet.

Some people obviously missed the respect for Raphael's decisions. He was chosen to make them. Of course you can argue or debate but in the end we as a community have chosen him to make these decisions. Accept that.

The new pumpking will need to have overview and knowledge, both technical and socially. I obviously do not fit.

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