Hello,
I think adding Paul is a good idea. However, the original idea of having
Steve was to
include a person handling releases so that they know what requires urgent
backports.

How do you deal with that?

Kind regards,
Marta

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM Richard Purdie via lists.openembedded.org
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We realised that Steve Sakoman was listed as part of the the security
> team but has retired and we believe we should find a replacement. The
> YP TSC discussed this and would like to propose Paul Barker as a
> candidate.
>
> Security reports and issues are on the rise and things are only going
> to require more time as the CRA comes into effect and more issues are
> found using new generations of AI. Paul is funded by YP, which gives us
> more potential to be able to focus on issues and in the changing
> landscape we feel that is an important to have represented on the team.
>
> I have to admit that we were initially confused about the process for
> this however it it is documented on the wiki under "security team
> appointment":
>
> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Security_private_reporting
>
> We're therefore asking for nominations and/or feedback, which can be to
> me, or either of the TSCs. We'll set a deadline of one week for
> candidates, until the 26th May. This should be enough time but if there
> are any concerns on that, let us know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
> 
>
>
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