Ah... it makes me sad

In a relatively short time Bottle became one of my best friends. He was/is a sincere and warm person and he knew a lot of certain technical issues.

Yes, hopefully we can persuade him to stay. I would be interested in knowing what are his reasons for leaving, but of course it is a subject that should not be discussed here.

I have his email address anyway, and your address. I think I will send a mail to both him and you, but when, I don't know - I'm sometimes a dawdler, hampered by strange inertia, if matters are not urgent.