Re: [gentoo-dev] New project: Gentoo Seeds

[Michael Cummings <mcummings@gentoo.org>]

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 21:27 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:27:50 +0100 "Stuart Herbert"
> <stuart.herbert@gmail.com> wrote:
> | I was hoping to avoid having to say this - actually I was hoping to
> | avoid this whole drama -  but we _don't_ need releng's approval to do
> | this.  To delay progress, Chris will need to make a formal complaint
> | to the Council.
> 
> I was under the impression that you were supposed to GLEP anything of
> this scope and get council approval... The "anyone can make a project"
> rule doesn't replace the requirement to GLEP large changes.
> 

So far in this discussion, as an observer I haven't seen anyone mention
any "large changes." So far most of this discussion has been about the
concept. If the end result is a toolset for creating stage4's for
people, does that need a glep? Did we glep making livecd's the default
for x86 and a few other platforms (the ones that launch X, not just
bootable cd's with install tools)? I find a few of the concepts
intriguing enough to like the project, but since at this stage it isn't
in a position to be glepable (that's a word, i swear). if it moves
beyond the discussion phase and has usable stage4 scenarios (maybe it
does already, i'm just basing this on the thread here) then i think at
that point discussions should start with releng on whether this
something that should be made part of the release media cycle - but even
then, a glep?

nb. I was dealing with a box today that couldn't be updated for over a
year and a half. Being able to seed it up to a semi-current state and
toss a finger towards the ubuntu-fanatics in the office with their "we
just installed a new cd over the old install and it worked fine" would
be nice. so maybe i'm already biased in all of this.

nb2. maybe i'm also missing the point of parts of this discussion.

nb3. there is no nb3.


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