Re: [gentoo-dev] A few questions to our nominees

[Ferris McCormick]

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On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:38:17 +0000

Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> wrote:



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> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:12:27 +0200
> "Piotr Jaroszyński" <peper@g.o> wrote:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > looks like every nominee wants the council to be more technical so I
> > have a few technical questions for you:
> >
> > 1. GLEP54
> > 2. GLEP55
> > 3. Most wanted changes in future EAPIs
> >
> > [1] - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0054.html
> > [2] - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0055.html
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Piotr Jaroszyński
> > [Error decoding BASE64]
>
> Sorry to disappoint you.  If you get me on council, I'm going to ask for
> a recommendation and follow it unless it looks ridiculous.  For the
> GLEPs you mentioned, unless someone came forward otherwise, I'd approve
> them out of hand.  As for future EAPIs, that is not a council matter
> that I can see.  Why on earth can't that be done at the level of those
> who care?  I.e., people who implement package managers or want EAPIs.
> It seems to me all we want is consistency, and council's job is to put
> package manager people into a room and tell them not to come out until
> they agree on something.  If I'm a councilor, I really don't care what
> that is.
>
> I'll listen to what you want for future EAPIs, but I don't think it's
> council's job to decide.
>
Sorry, I missed something.  This is probably a QA matter since they own

PMS, I believe. But it still is not a Council matter.  It's QA's job to

get an agreement on EAPIs if there is a problem.



>
Regards,

Ferris

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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>

Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel, Userrel, Trustees)

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