Keith M Wesolowski wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:42:09PM +1300, Glynn Foster wrote:
>
>
>> I'd like to nominate John Sonnenschein as a core contributor for his work in
>> the
>> Emancipation project. While his work to replace the encumbered libc_i18n has
>> yet
>> to be integrated, I believe his involvement across several facets of the
>> community well deserves a core contributor grant.
>>
>
> Wet blanket here. Has anyone asked why the Device Drivers CG, which
> is sponsoring this Project, has not nominated him?
>
A couple of salient points:
1) His Emancipation work, and also his i18n work, should be sponsored by
another group
2) The SummerOfCode CG, should sponsor him as well. Please accept a +1
from me as a CC of that group, as well as a member at large.
3) None of John's work relates directly to Device Drivers. It doesn't
fit to grant him a nomination as a Device Drivers community member --
particularly since that would impart governance for issues *within* the
Device Drivers group.
I've already raised a few concerns within the device drivers community.
It appears that a lot of "endorsements" were handed out from the Device
Drivers CG, for projects that have little to do with Device Drivers, and
without going thru the proper ratification process or even bothering to
e-mail the CCs or general members of that CG. I've asked the Device
Drivers CG for a review of the endorsements, but I've not got back
anything yet. (I want to withdraw the Drivers endorsements from a few
projects that have absolutely nothing to do with drivers.)
Basically, one or more of the "leaders" (who are *NOT* necessarily
CC's!) decided to go on the web infrastructure and start granting
endorsements.
Anyway, the Device Drivers CG has got some "house cleaning" to do. I'm
driving that, to bring the CG into compliance with the governance
structures set forth by the greater OS.o community.
-- Garrett
