Keeping it simple... If it's hosted on gentoo infrastructure it's official. If it's hosted on gentooexp.org/SF/Non infra then it's not official.
On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 10:32 +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote: > Hi, > > One of the issues that the o.g.o project has brought to a head is the > definition of what is "official" and what is not "official" when it > comes to Gentoo. The term is already being thrown about in the > Project Sunrise thread; I'm sure it'll come up again in future. > > It's an issue I think we should discuss and find an agreement on. > > Personally, I think what makes something official or not is 100% down > to who does it. I think something is official if it is done by the > project (where a project matches the definition in the metastructure > project) responsible for whatever we're applying the label "official" > to, then that's all that matters. > > So (picking something entirely at random for an example), if the Java > project had an overlay somewhere (say, on gentooexperimental.org), > because it's their overlay, the overlay is "official". Doesn't matter > where it is hosted - all that matters is that it is run by the Java > project. > > Equally (because it is the hot topic of the moment), Project Sunrise's > overlay would be "official" because they're a Gentoo project. The way > to stop them being "official" is simply to have the Council pass a > resolution to shut down the project. > > I think the other side of the term "official" is clarifying the scope > of how far something can be "official". Using the Java project as an > example again (sorry guys :), the Java team can put in place > "official" policies and procedures for what their team does, but that > doesn't make them mandatory for the whole Gentoo project. Other > developers remain free to form competitive projects, and put their own > "official" policies and procedures in place if they wish. > > (I hope I explained that last bit properly. What I'm trying to do is > keep in mind the terms of the metastructure document, which explicitly > allow for two or more teams to be competing with each other). > > What are the alternatives? If a project's activities are not > automatically "official", then who gets to decide, and how is that > decision made? How can that decision be made fairly, without > contradicting the metastructure, and without giving rise to any > accusations of 'cabals'? > > Best regards, > Stu -- Ned Ludd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Linux -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
