Gentoo mourns the loss of Kent Fredric

[Posted February 12, 2021 by ris]

A brief post on the Gentoo site is in memory of Kent "kent\n" Frederic. "Kent was an active member of the Gentoo community for many years. He tirelessly managed Gentoo’s Perl support, and was active in the Rust project as well as in many other corners. We all remember him as an enthusiastic, bright person, with lots of eye for detail and constant willingness to help out and improve things. On behalf of the world-wide Gentoo community, our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends."

Gentoo mourns the loss of Kent Fredric

Posted Feb 13, 2021 4:05 UTC (Sat) by ILMostro (guest, #105083) [Link]

Very sad and shocking. Gentoo users around the world, who he helped directly and indirectly, will miss him greatly. Deepest condolences to his family.

Gentoo mourns the loss of Kent Fredric

Posted Feb 13, 2021 5:00 UTC (Sat) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link]

A great loss. He was not only a prolific contributor to the distro, but the upstream communities of those languages too. One of those names I'd come to recognise over time and for only good things.

Gentoo mourns the loss of Kent Fredric

Posted Feb 13, 2021 23:46 UTC (Sat) by NightMonkey (subscriber, #23051) [Link]

My condolences to Gentoo and to his family and friends. Gentoo devs, contributors and commumity helps the Linux universe in many ways, most under the radar and behind the scenes.

Gentoo mourns the loss of Kent Fredric

Posted Feb 15, 2021 5:26 UTC (Mon) by rhdxmr (guest, #44404) [Link]

I just saw his github history and felt sad when I realized the history has stopped since Feb 1st. He did hard work for Gentoo and his favorite programming languages. Great loss to opensource world. My condolence to his family.

Gentoo mourns the loss of Kent Fredric

Posted Feb 17, 2021 13:14 UTC (Wed) by remi.chateauneu (subscriber, #51826) [Link]

Sincere condolences.