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Shawn Pearce, author of Gerrit and Git-related projects, has died (twitter.com)
41 points by christop 3063 days ago
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chriscool 3062 days ago
Here is the related thread on the Git mailing list:

https://public-inbox.org/git/CAP8UFD0aKqT5YXJx9-MqeKCKhOVGxn...

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christop 3062 days ago
And on the Gerrit mailing list: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/repo-discuss/B4P7G1YirdM/d...
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matttproud 3062 days ago
This is a damn shame. I wish his family well.

I had the pleasure of having worked with Shawn on a few projects. He was a fantastic person and engineer. On one occasion — and completely unprompted — he mailed me a 0.5 cubic meter box of stuffed Diffy-the-Kung-Fu-Code-Review-Cuckoo plushies to distribute about the office: https://www.gerritcodereview.com

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puzzle 3062 days ago
In my limited interactions, he was a great person and incredibly patient, too.
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