From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63A3A13877A for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:08:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 805E5E0877; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:08:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f180.google.com (mail-ob0-f180.google.com [209.85.214.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC32EE0872 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f180.google.com with SMTP id vb8so1276181obc.39 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:08:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:user-agent; bh=R4yV1LKj4CboSwdcPWjcpWkr3a4n47z/nfEYWExw7w8=; b=ujKvhGjYKkXLyGOyqdQhhgDw/C7xwvGKGLBwkUm47H2eX0aJsKyJg0zmEar5rQzPQS StCyQMYTDMtpk8sTQ5ZV1hN/GoSro3OoPy4b8UNcBByYMZoF3PGGf2vvY0kQShF7iao8 OMu8d0z1t39xYSHYpt3GkTYBR+lE+J5hwPI+4WZj3+jaEHwgMMdyemyd15+YZZ+reDYK ByueMqpoTfiG4qzrNnaLj6GzuPgyb1SpFIImGLSzIqfpDM2/3GFEj1V3l4r0LnTG/P+H 4lQFTvx9ShheQy0rcrwz5oHyBllJe3avbhVdTEUT/FIegY6SmyqJgwthwbvWJ/Pvvtj/ Fxrw== X-Received: by 10.182.65.167 with SMTP id y7mr4644644obs.29.1403658508172; Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:08:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linux1 (cpe-76-187-91-128.tx.res.rr.com. [76.187.91.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id jr2sm3556513obb.8.2014.06.24.18.08.26 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:08:26 -0700 (PDT) Sender: William Hubbs Received: (nullmailer pid 3393 invoked by uid 1000); Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:08:24 -0000 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:08:24 -0500 From: William Hubbs To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-project] my 2014-2015 council manifesto Message-ID: <20140625010824.GA3063@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Archives-Salt: 7eafd965-8a07-4761-b671-8f316ef34668 X-Archives-Hash: cdadef101d26aad867a2b6bc927f5684 --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline All, here is my manifesto; it is similar to my previous manifestos. 1. I believe the council should only be asked to make a decision on an issue when the issue cannot be settled by the community itself. As it has been said by others, the council should do what it can to stay out of the way of innovations, which should come from the developers. 2. When the council is asked to make a decision, it should be fully informed about both sides of the issue before it votes. On the other hand, the council should not block progress by taking an extremely long time to make a decision. 3. I believe we can learn from the past, and improve upon it. Continuing to do things like we have in the past is not a bad thing in itself. However, using what we have done in the past to block innovation can be. I understand that people are used to doing things a certain way. However, that alone is not justification for continuing to do things the same way in the future. if we need to make a change, we should make sure that change is backward compatible with what we have, or if this is not possible, provide the smoothest possible transition for our users. Since the council doesn't maintain all of the packages, the council is not going to know the technical details of how to make either of these happen, so I don't feel that the council should mandate specific implementations. Thanks, William --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlOqIQgACgkQblQW9DDEZThe7QCfXPzlO0M8jUcgVwep72ODhyU0 nEAAnArKc+gPycJFkp8/RSCehSQPDyfz =7nSz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--