Re: Sad news

[David Kastrup]

Reinhold Kainhofer <address@hidden> writes:

> Am Montag, 25. August 2008 schrieb Joe Neeman:
>> This morning, I was contacted by a friend of Rune Zedeler, who
>> informed me that Rune took his own life on the 2nd of July. Rune had
>> been a member of the LilyPond community for many years, both as a
>> programmer and as an active participant on the mailing lists. He will
>> be very much missed.
>
> That's really shocking news and quite a blow. My deepest condolences
> go to his friends and those of us who knew him well. While I didn't
> know him in person, I appreciate the work he has done for Lilypond.
>
> What's even more shocking is that even on the last day of his life, he
> did two commits to lilypond!

I wish I could see it as a coincidence.  Somebody better tell me I am
wrong, but to me those commits appear to contain the finishing touches
to the documentation of his accidentals code.

> How about naming a LilyPond release in his memory? I suppose this
> would serve his memory quite well.

It seems more than appropriate.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum