Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Pre-GLEP: Security Project

[Thomas Deutschmann]

On 2017-03-12 23:53, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> On 03/11/2017 11:23 PM, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
>> While the Deputy may be assigned, this still gives all power to
>> single hands. Maybe it will be better to establish something like
>> the Security Project Council (SPC)? E.g. three project members may
>> be elected to this SPC, so that all serious decisions will require
>> some team agreement from at least 2 SPC members. This way the
>> Deputy will not be needed as well.
>
> Something like this has been discussed. I personally don't like the
> approach too much given that it adds a certain degree of bureaucracy and
> can remove responsibility. An important part of the GLEP is that the
> project lead is responsible to the council for the changes that is made.
> Having possibility to overrule that by members would mean that the lead
> is not able to control the action, and as such, can't be responsible for
> it. If the members disagree with the lead they can call for re-election
> as per GLEP:39 already.

Looks like we are disagreeing about the role of a project lead.

The primary goal of any Gentoo project is to group people working
towards the same goal(s) in small, manageable groups. It shouldn't need
a lead in most cases to control the project members.

A lead is only needed if the team can't get a decision.

Saying that the team could call for re-election if they don't like
lead's decision is ridiculous from my view: Like said it isn't the lead
who controls the direction. It is the lead who should step down if
he/she doesn't feel comfortable with the team decision and no longer
wants to represent the project anymore because he/she disagree so much
with the team decision.


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Regards,
Thomas