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Expand Up @@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ Chris Lamb <[email protected]>
Chris Lightfoot <[email protected]>
Chris Nandor <[email protected]>
Chris Pepper
Chris Prather <[email protected]>
Chris R. Donnelly <[email protected]>
Chris Travers <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -404,8 +404,20 @@ the F<perldelta> of a previous release.

=head1 Obituary

XXX If any significant core contributor or member of the CPAN community has
died, add a short obituary here.
"WELL VOLUNTEERED!" echoed across conference rooms and IRC channels. Matt S. Trout's battle
cry that transformed reluctant volunteers into community leaders.

With profound sadness, we announce Matt's passing. Since the early 2000s, Matt
shaped Perl through sheer force of will: IRC operator, PAUSE administrator,
Shadowcat Systems co-founder, architect of DBIx::Class. His opinions came wrapped in
profanity and delivered at maximum volume. He suffered no fools and grew to
sometimes realize he should apologize. Yet this same abrasive exterior
protected fierce dedication to mentoring, developers he harangued into
volunteering now lead the community themselves. Matt's deliberately
mind-bending code pushed Perl forward. Every modern Perl developer touches his
legacy daily.

Well volunteered, Matt. Rest in peace.

=head1 Acknowledgements

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