From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72112C433DB for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 05:02:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DD872312E for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 05:02:19 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 7DD872312E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=openbmc-bounces+openbmc=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from bilbo.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DFwKj1mPwzDqvv for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:02:17 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=none (no SPF record) smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com (client-ip=134.134.136.20; helo=mga02.intel.com; envelope-from=richard.marian.thomaiyar@linux.intel.com; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DFwHr1G90zDqnk for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:00:35 +1100 (AEDT) IronPort-SDR: YZ4ypmb7LqbPliOQOzyPdr2OQ9bKyoR+tXSCtAtkf0VI8EL92NvWwmEMBU6SgfNId4aHzDL2f9 3DUwXhkdPXuQ== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9862"; a="165238653" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.79,343,1602572400"; d="scan'208";a="165238653" Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Jan 2021 21:00:30 -0800 IronPort-SDR: FP48N47+RcJ93LXxcc73nswg3Ox45QuNXrlE07+BRSfJHMtHxSimnctnOpiCE8/ySgtMEVFCsD XvrhVYWcY8mA== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.79,343,1602572400"; d="scan'208";a="353316381" Received: from rthomaiy-mobl.gar.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.215.187.50]) ([10.215.187.50]) by fmsmga008-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Jan 2021 21:00:28 -0800 Subject: Re: Call for volunteers To: Brad Bishop , openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org References: <20210111220919.zwc727vbwc4itm7h@thinkpad.fuzziesquirrel.com> From: "Thomaiyar, Richard Marian" Message-ID: <3c7a3bfc-dcc6-2295-c327-8ba2c7e91e47@linux.intel.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:30:26 +0530 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210111220919.zwc727vbwc4itm7h@thinkpad.fuzziesquirrel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-BeenThere: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Development list for OpenBMC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: openbmc-bounces+openbmc=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "openbmc" I will volunteer. Regards, Richard On 1/12/2021 3:39 AM, Brad Bishop wrote: > Hello OpenBMC-ers! > > Your TSC has been aware of the problem of fragmentation in our project > for some > time.  Fragmentation is a loose term - for the purposes of this note > consider > it to be any time contributor efforts in the community are duplicated > without > thought given to maintenance and/or compatibility. > > To begin to address this issue the TSC is looking for volunteers to > serve on a > "repository review forum" to which the TSC will initially delegate its > authority in the areas of: > - new repository creation > - placement of contributed new function into existing repositories > > The TSC fully expects the scope of this forum to quickly grow into the > role of > a traditional TSC providing frequent, technical oversight to project > contributors.  The current TSC will continue to serve the project in > terms of > governance, advocacy and industry exposure - and likely get a rename > (OpenBMC > Board? or OpenBMC Steering Committee?) in the process. > > The new forum would meet periodically or at the demand of other forum > members > to: > - raise the forums combined awareness of new function under development >   (information exchange) > - build a consensus within the forum on where the function should exist > - inform the function contributor and the rest of the community of the > decision > > A successful forum would be a forum that can simultaneously encourage the > contribution of new and innovative solutions to existing problems without > introducing complexity to the project as a whole. > > A successful forum member will have previously demonstrated a breadth of > understanding of the upstream OpenBMC codebase through: > - frequent participation in peer review, the mailing list, IRC, and > Discord. > - submission of high quality designs and code to upstream OpenBMC >   (github.com/openbmc) > - a history of working with and guiding less experienced OpenBMC > developers >   in a timely manner, enabling them to come up to speed quickly. > > If you are interested in serving the project in this manner, please > reply to > submit yourself as a candidate. > > -brad, on the behalf of the OpenBMC TSC