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From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: comrel changes
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:12:00
Message-Id: X42UQH2V.HQNIILFE.JKTMCVLF@7ZMMBXMF.ITWXGF7H.3BZTFLFR
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: comrel changes by "Michał Górny"
1 On 2020.02.21 09:19, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Thu, 2020-02-20 at 22:24 +0100, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote:
3 > > Alec Warner schrieb:
4 > >
5 > > > I'm a little bit concerned that this addresses the symptoms
6 > instead of the problem. Have you shared your concerns with comrel
7 > regarding their lack of timely communication on reported issues? Do
8 > they even share the same goals you enumerated?
9 > > >
10 > > > My strawperson argument is that:
11 > > > - (0) The council will elect some lead.
12 > > > - The lead will never write reports (or write them but stop.)
13 > > > - The lead will get removed per policy.
14 > > > - Council will elect a new lead.
15 > > > - GOTO 0
16 > >
17 > > My suggestion is in that case of missed report deadline, Council
18 > asks for
19 > > volunteers from the developer community to step up, and appoints two
20 > of them
21 > > to go through ComRel records and produce the transparency report.
22 > >
23 > > Regular independent review of ComRel activity is what NeddySeagoon
24 > and I
25 > > originally suggested and discussed with ComRel a while back. But
26 > they seemed
27 > > completely against it, so we eventually dropped it.
28 > >
29 >
30 > All things considered, maybe creating a separate 'revision' group
31 > would
32 > be better, independently of the reports. Either split ComRel in two,
33 > or
34 > appoint something independent. Let 'core' ComRel do their work, while
35 > the 'revision' group merely monitor their activities without getting
36 > directly involved in the process.
37 >
38 > --
39 > Best regards,
40 > Michał Górny
41 >
42 >
43
44 This 'revision' group alread exists. Its called the Gentoo council.
45 Unless, that is, council have no oversight of comrel?
46
47 --
48 Regards,
49
50 Roy Bamford
51 (Neddyseagoon) a member of
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Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: comrel changes "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>