The Yocto Project mourns Scott Rifenbark

The longtime tech writer for the Yocto Project, Scott Rifenbark, has died after a battle with cancer. Project architect Richard Purdie announced the sad news on the yocto mailing list; he also reflected on Rifenbark and his impact: "I remember interviewing Scott over 10 years ago when forming a team atIntel to work on what became the Yocto Project, he was with it from thestart. He warned me he wasn't an entirely traditional tech writer but Iwarned we weren't aiming to be a traditional project either. It was agreat match. He stayed with the project ever since in one way oranother, he enjoyed working on the project and we enjoyed working withhim.The concept of having a tech writer as part of the team was a decisionI'm proud of and it shows in the material supporting the project todaybut that success belongs to Scott and his approach to it. Someone elseput that best, 'He would first try the procedure or instructions beforedocumenting it, I was really impressed'. He was hands on and wantedthings to be understandable and correct, a huge challenge with some ofthe complexities we deal with."