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From: "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About current ppc/ppc64 status
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:24:53
Message-Id: 53D8C845.70701@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] About current ppc/ppc64 status by Jack Morgan
1 On 07/29/14 22:16, Jack Morgan wrote:
2 > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 04:29:51PM -0400, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
3 >> On 07/26/14 09:44, Pacho Ramos wrote:
4 >>> El sáb, 26-07-2014 a las 09:37 -0400, Anthony G. Basile escribió:
5 >>>> On 07/26/14 09:28, Pacho Ramos wrote:
6 >>>>> El sáb, 26-07-2014 a las 14:55 +0200, Andreas K. Huettel escribió:
7 >>>>>> Am Samstag, 26. Juli 2014, 13:56:02 schrieb Pacho Ramos:
8 >>>>>>
9 >>>>>>> I guess we will need to wait for the next Council to officially decide
10 >>>>>>> to do this as it will be a big change for ppc* users :/ (I remember
11 >>>>>>> their action was needed for the move to testing of some arches and the
12 >>>>>>> "package-by-package" proposal for others)
13 >>>>>>>
14 >>>>>>> Also, I am not sure if any other arch teams (sparc, ia64?) would want to
15 >>>>>>> get this policy too :| (I got ppc* because this concrete case ;))
16 >>>>>> At first this is an arch team decision. No need for the council.
17 >>>>>>
18 >>>>>> (Given that in this case there is a responsive and addressable arch team...)
19 >>>>>>
20 >>>>>> --
21 >>>>>>
22 >>>>>> Andreas K. Huettel
23 >>>>>> Gentoo Linux developer
24 >>>>>> dilfridge@g.o
25 >>>>>> http://www.akhuettel.de/
26 >>>>>>
27 >>>>> The problem is that blueness looks to be the only member currently
28 >>>>> replying :/, I have checked their page and I see no team lead or
29 >>>>> similar. Then, I am not sure how to get the ok to proceed or not :| (to
30 >>>>> prevent this from getting stalled and we keep trying stabilizing all the
31 >>>>> things).
32 >>>>>
33 >>>>> I remember from older thread (one related with udev stabilization), that
34 >>>>> blueness was also the only one replying.
35 >>>>>
36 >>>>>
37 >>>> Yeah, not having a clear lead is a problem. No one wants to just make a
38 >>>> big decision on behalf of the team without making sure everyone is on
39 >>>> board. Pacho, do you have access to timberdoodle? If so, join both
40 >>>> teams and just take the initiative and let any other "claimants" step
41 >>>> forward now. BTW, taking the lead doesn't mean doing all the work
42 >>>> yourself. I want to see ppc/ppc64 in good shape. I'll be happy to
43 >>>> write scripts to do the demoting to ~ etc etc.
44 >>>>
45 >>> I don't even know about timberdoodle :(
46 >>>
47 >>> I forwarded the mail to both alias (as I forgot first time), then,
48 >>> hopefully they will review it :/
49 >>>
50 >>> Will CC them again to this just now with this link to allow all to read
51 >>> the full thread:
52 >>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/92151
53 >>>
54 >>>
55 >>>
56 >> I think its clear who cares about ppc/ppc64. If there are no
57 >> objections, I'll take the lead of those teams and see this plan
58 >> through. I'll wait a few days for people to voice concerns. Then I'll
59 >> start by generating a list of all stable and testing packages on ppc and
60 >> ppc64. I'll post then and then continue the conversation on just the
61 >> ppc and ppc64 lists. Don't worry, I won't start dropping to ~ until we
62 >> have a concise plan and we're all on board.
63 >
64 > I don't think you can/should just take over the leadership of an arch.
65 > Why not have meeting/discussion for team members. Especially since you
66 > are proposing such a big change.
67 >
68 >
69 > Thanks,
70 >
71
72 Okay, any members of the ppc team please speak up. I'll wait a week.
73
74 --
75 Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
76 Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]
77 E-Mail : blueness@g.o
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Re: [gentoo-dev] About current ppc/ppc64 status Joseph Jezak <josejx@g.o>