Hi all, At the gem5 users workshop, I brought up the importance of creating a governance document (and other processes) for gem5. I have created an initial proposal for the governance document. The link to a google doc is below. Assuming no on on this list has any objections, I will also send this out to the gem5-users list tomorrow (or when I get around to it).
gem5 governance document <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12X3YHGJShUS34sorQJIvcr5NUssZcmMIJovD9I3w0Ns/edit?usp=sharing> I propose we spend one week in "free-for-all" mode and allow the community to update and add to what I've started. Feel free to remove/totally change what I have written so far. I'll keep up with what's going on, and if there is a particularly contentious passage, I'll make sure that it's presented to the whole community. Timeline of things that need to be done by the community: 1) Make radical changes to governance document. (~1 week) 2) I will remove the option to edit, and we will only accept comments. This will allow us to finalize the document. (~1 week, though this is probably a little aggressive). 3) From this document, we will need to write some others (e.g., how to commit and roadmap according to my draft). And of course these will also need to go through some process as well. (~2 weeks?) Specific parts of the document that need significant updates or may be contentious: Creating a "Project management committee", Committer responsibilities (commit-then-review vs. review-then-commit), and the Philosophy. *Please feel free to totally do away with what I currently have.* It's mostly just a placeholder. Finally, here are some good links to read about what a governance document is: http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/governancemodels http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/meritocraticgovernancemodel http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#meritocracy http://www.apache.org/foundation/governance/ http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/sustainableopensource TL;DR Actionable items: 1) Reply if you do NOT want me to send this to the user's list. 2) Reply if you disagree with the process I've outlined above. 3) Edit the document <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12X3YHGJShUS34sorQJIvcr5NUssZcmMIJovD9I3w0Ns/edit?usp=sharing> as you see fit. Cheers, Jason Link again: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12X3YHGJShUS34sorQJIvcr5NUssZcmMIJovD9I3w0Ns/edit?usp=sharing _______________________________________________ gem5-dev mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev
