[CREATE] R.I.P. mrdocs (1963--2019)

[Andy Fitzsimon]

This is heartbreaking.

Peter was the most welcoming soul and the most enthusiastic about any
contributor's ambitions and changes.

He wouldn't only celebrate software improvements. He would celebrate the
people, and made sure their efforts were recognised. And that they KNEW how
much they were appreciated.

I wish all communities knew his unique style, his force for good, and his
center of gravity.

My friends, it's been a long time; but I'm glad so many of us got to share
in knowing mrdocs online and IRL

Raising my glass from this side of the planet.

Andy

On Fri, 22 Mar 2019, 9:21 am "Christoph Schäfer", <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de>
wrote:

> The Scribus Team is deeply saddened to announce the loss of our friend and
> colleague Peter Linnell who in the end lost his long battle against cancer.
>
>
> It is no understatement to say that without Peter Scribus wouldn't be what
> it is today. It was Peter who spotted the potential of Franz Schmid's
> initially humble Python program and, as a pre-press consultant at the time,
> contacted Franz to make him aware of the necessities of PostScript and PDF
> support, among other things. Peter also wrote the first version of the
> Scribus online documentation, which resulted in his nickname "mrdocs" in
> IRC and elsewhere. Until recently, and despite his detoriating health,
> Peter continued to be involved in building and releasing new Scribus
> versions.
>
>
> Scribus was the project he helped to set on track and which marked the
> beginning of his journey into the world of Free Software development. While
> it remained at the heart of his commitments to Open Source in general and
> Libre Graphics software in particular, Peter contributed to Free Software
> in many other ways as well. For example via contributions to projects
> related to freedesktop.org, as a package builder of many Free programs
> for several Linux distributions on the openSUSE Build Service, and later as
> an openSUSE board member. Peter was also crucial in bringing the Libre
> Graphics community together by way of sharing his expertise with other
> graphics-oriented projects and his assistance in organzing the first Libre
> Graphics Meetings. In the sometimes ego-driven and often emotional world of
> Open Source development, Peter managed to get along very well with almost
> everybody and never lost his sense of humour.
>
>
> We will remember Peter "mrdocs" Linnell for what he was: an optimist, an
> incredible team player, an honest man and, above all, a friend.
>
>
> Our thoughts are with his family.
>
>
> March 2019,
> The Scribus Team
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