Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: comrel changes

[Michał Górny]

On Fri, 2020-02-21 at 22:11 +0000, Roy Bamford wrote:
> On 2020.02.21 09:19, Michał Górny wrote:
> > On Thu, 2020-02-20 at 22:24 +0100, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote:
> > > Alec Warner schrieb:
> > >
> > > > I'm a little bit concerned that this addresses the symptoms
> > instead of the  problem. Have you shared your concerns with comrel
> > regarding their lack of  timely communication on reported issues? Do
> > they even share the same goals  you enumerated?
> > > > My strawperson argument is that:
> > > >   - (0) The council will elect some lead.
> > > >   - The lead will never write reports (or write them but stop.)
> > > >   - The lead will get removed per policy.
> > > >   - Council will elect a new lead.
> > > >   - GOTO 0
> > >
> > > My suggestion is in that case of missed report deadline, Council
> > asks for
> > > volunteers from the developer community to step up, and appoints two
> > of them
> > > to go through ComRel records and produce the transparency report.
> > >
> > > Regular independent review of ComRel activity is what NeddySeagoon
> > and I
> > > originally suggested and discussed with ComRel a while back. But
> > they seemed
> > > completely against it, so we eventually dropped it.
> > >
> >
> > All things considered, maybe creating a separate 'revision' group
> > would
> > be better, independently of the reports.  Either split ComRel in two,
> > or
> > appoint something independent.  Let 'core' ComRel do their work, while
> > the 'revision' group merely monitor their activities without getting
> > directly involved in the process.
>
> This 'revision' group alread exists. Its called the Gentoo council.
> Unless, that is, council have no oversight of comrel?

No, that's not how things work.  You don't have an appeal body
proactively look into what all projects are doing.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny