Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Josip Rodin writes (Re: Technical committee resolution): Instead, I would suggest to do two things - first, institute a better process, one that doesn't so much focus on intricate stalemates (like the present 6.2 does), but one that focuses on how to generally get things done - such as a

Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-27 Thread Ian Jackson
OK, here is a go at some personal observations: The main symptom of the TC's brokenness is that it is not making decisions, or not making them fast enough. I haven't heard anyone suggest that the TC is actually making wrong decisions. The causes seem to include: * Some TC members not being

Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-27 Thread Josselin Mouette
On jeu, 2008-03-27 at 19:06 +, Ian Jackson wrote: The main symptom of the TC's brokenness is that it is not making decisions, or not making them fast enough. I haven't heard anyone suggest that the TC is actually making wrong decisions. Even the glibc maintainers? -- .''`. : :' :

Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-27 Thread Joey Hess
Ian Jackson wrote: The causes seem to include: Isn't the main cause that the Technical Committee is well, a committee? (Recall the old saying about many heads and no brain.) That seems to be the core reason for all the problems you listed. I think we could fix these by * Increasing the

Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-27 Thread Joey Hess
Ian Jackson wrote: The main symptom of the TC's brokenness is that it is not making decisions, or not making them fast enough. Agreed. I haven't heard anyone suggest that the TC is actually making wrong decisions. Well.. #104101: The TCs resolution that kernel sould have VESA fb compiled

Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-27 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 07:04:09PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: Josip Rodin writes (Re: Technical committee resolution): Instead, I would suggest to do two things - first, institute a better process, one that doesn't so much focus on intricate stalemates (like the present 6.2 does), but one