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From: David Seifert <soap@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Future of gentoo's stable and unstable trees: what are your thoughts?
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:47:57
Message-Id: 1501512467.7122.4.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Future of gentoo's stable and unstable trees: what are your thoughts? by "William L. Thomson Jr."
1 On Mon, 2017-07-31 at 10:43 -0400, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
2 > On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:59:25 +0200
3 > "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 > > Am Montag, 31. Juli 2017, 04:44:58 CEST schrieb William L. Thomson
6 > > Jr.:
7 > > >
8 > > > How about no foundation. Not even a legal entity. No
9 > > > certifications
10 > > > from vendors, nor for employees. No one to hire for official
11 > > > support. There are so many things far beyond anything having to
12 > > > do
13 > > > with a stable tree or not.  
14 > >
15 > > I was *this* close to nominaing you for Trustee, until I realized
16 > > you're not even a foundation member...
17 >
18 > Wait what? You blocked me from returning as a developer. Based on my
19 > human relation skills, or in your opinion lack there of....
20 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135927#c43
21 >
22 > How would you think I be fit for foundation Trustee? Which is a
23 > liason
24 > type role, at least with outside entities. That makes  little to no
25 > sense. A developer need technical skills more than personal. A
26 > Trustee
27 > needs personal and not so much technical.... Great logic!
28 >
29 > It seems that foundation membership been messed up pretty bad. This
30 > seems to be the list of members. Which seems to only be developers.
31 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Member_List
32 >
33 > Per the by laws, one is only removed from membership via voluntary
34 > request, and/or majority vote of the trustees to remove a member.
35 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws#Section_4.4._Continuat
36 > ion_of_Membership
37 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws#Section_4.8._Voluntary
38 > _Withdrawal_from_Membership
39 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws#Section_4.9._Terminati
40 > on_from_Membership
41 >
42 > I may have requested removal, I seem to recall such. Though I am not
43 > sure others have. Seems the foundation is missing many members.
44 > Unless
45 > the trustees voted to remove many others.
46 >
47 > Also developers are not automatically added per bylaws. They must
48 > apply for such.
49 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws#Section_4.3._Admission
50 > _of_Members
51 >
52
53 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sarcasm