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Hi, |
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One of the issues that the o.g.o project has brought to a head is the |
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definition of what is "official" and what is not "official" when it |
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comes to Gentoo. The term is already being thrown about in the |
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Project Sunrise thread; I'm sure it'll come up again in future. |
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It's an issue I think we should discuss and find an agreement on. |
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Personally, I think what makes something official or not is 100% down |
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to who does it. I think something is official if it is done by the |
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project (where a project matches the definition in the metastructure |
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project) responsible for whatever we're applying the label "official" |
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to, then that's all that matters. |
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So (picking something entirely at random for an example), if the Java |
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project had an overlay somewhere (say, on gentooexperimental.org), |
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because it's their overlay, the overlay is "official". Doesn't matter |
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where it is hosted - all that matters is that it is run by the Java |
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project. |
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Equally (because it is the hot topic of the moment), Project Sunrise's |
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overlay would be "official" because they're a Gentoo project. The way |
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to stop them being "official" is simply to have the Council pass a |
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resolution to shut down the project. |
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I think the other side of the term "official" is clarifying the scope |
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of how far something can be "official". Using the Java project as an |
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example again (sorry guys :), the Java team can put in place |
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"official" policies and procedures for what their team does, but that |
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doesn't make them mandatory for the whole Gentoo project. Other |
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developers remain free to form competitive projects, and put their own |
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"official" policies and procedures in place if they wish. |
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(I hope I explained that last bit properly. What I'm trying to do is |
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keep in mind the terms of the metastructure document, which explicitly |
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allow for two or more teams to be competing with each other). |
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What are the alternatives? If a project's activities are not |
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automatically "official", then who gets to decide, and how is that |
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decision made? How can that decision be made fairly, without |
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contradicting the metastructure, and without giving rise to any |
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accusations of 'cabals'? |
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Best regards, |
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Stu |
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