[19:50:29] Uh. [19:58:08] May be a minute or two late [19:58:49] -*- gyakovlev is here [20:02:38] ok [20:02:42] !proj council [20:02:43] (council@gentoo.org) dilfridge, gyakovlev, patrick, slyfox, ulm, whissi, williamh [20:02:50] roll call, meeting time! [20:02:55] -*- ulm here [20:02:56] -*- Whissi here [20:02:56] -*- WilliamH here [20:02:58] -*- slyfox here [20:02:59] -*- dilfridge here [20:03:44] only xiaomiao missing [20:04:16] let's give him a minute or two and then we start (anyone wants to text him?) [20:05:00] present [20:05:12] excellent, have a seat, take a cookie. [20:05:46] * dilfridge has changed topic for #gentoo-council to: "195th meeting: 2019-12-08 19:00 UTC | https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191208T19 | https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council | https://dev.gentoo.org/~dilfridge/decisions.html | Agenda: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/7aa2c541d22d1bbcf1ab8dd9213bde4f" [20:05:50] ^ agenda link [20:06:10] and with this we get to 1) [20:06:13] Approval of the changes to GLEPs 1 and 2, as posted in [1]: [20:06:13] "New GLEPs are to be licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0." [20:06:20] [1] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/8080529bd32cceb6439cfd3dabb7d9f5 [20:06:39] ulm: do you want to still say anything about that, or should we directly go to vote? [20:07:00] from my side, no need for discussion [20:07:08] me neither. anyone else? [20:07:22] no [20:07:25] just a question, we got everyone's ack so far? [20:07:28] the change says glep license should change when it's updated [20:07:44] that requires consent of original authors, right? [20:08:02] (even if it's 3.0 to 4.0 change) [20:08:07] slyfox: the cc-by-sa license has an upgrade clause [20:08:43] ok. for clarity i take the answer is "no" [20:09:07] slyfox: clause 4b of cc-by-sa-3.0 [20:09:10] "You may Distribute or Publicly Perform an Adaptation only under the terms of: (i) this License; (ii) a later version of this License with the same License Elements as this License;" [20:09:28] so an "adaptation" can be distributed under 4.0 [20:09:49] *nod* [20:09:58] ++ [20:10:17] ok so then we can vote: 1) [20:10:19] Approval of the changes to GLEPs 1 and 2, as posted in [1]: [20:10:19] "New GLEPs are to be licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0." [20:10:22] -*- dilfridge yes [20:10:24] -*- slyfox yes [20:10:28] -*- ulm yes [20:10:28] -*- Whissi yes [20:10:35] -*- gyakovlev yes [20:10:42] -*- WilliamH yes [20:10:51] -*- xiaomiao yes [20:10:58] excellent, unanimous. [20:11:00] thank you :) [20:11:02] motion passed. [20:11:34] with this we proceed to 2), which I circumscribed as "Discussion on the importance of cooperation" [20:11:43] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/4a97a1a397436c00b543ca84c3b02164 [20:11:51] "Should Gentoo developers be expected to be able to find a way to work [20:11:51] together to build a somewhat consistent distribution, or should it be [20:11:51] allowed for individual developers to 'run their own shops' and ignore [20:11:51] everybody else?" [20:12:03] I don't understand this motion. Especially the given example is common sense for me. So what's the purpose of this motion? [20:12:12] mgorny: ^ [20:12:48] Whissi: common sense is not handed out in spoons to everyone, unfortunately [20:13:00] If what a dev is doing is breaking the distro isn't that qa terratory first? [20:13:20] ignoring systemd support example provided in email thread. [20:13:33] I suspect it's not about "breaking the distro", but about doing things inconsistently [20:13:40] that sounds more like a social problem than technical one [20:13:47] Isn't that still qa before it comes to us? [20:13:48] and it's nothing actionable [20:14:10] Gentoo already has a few vehicles to govern changes: GLEPs and Gentoo projects. It takes a leader to implement both. [20:14:13] we already have rules for the technical side of things, the social side is too subjective and random to manage with fixed rules [20:14:20] We already have a conflict resolution mechanism. [20:14:35] so we all agree that the idea of this diffuse suggestion is good? ;) [20:14:41] slyfox: you're right about that - but the main result of corresponding "not social" behaviour is that then qa and council is asked to decide on every detail [20:14:51] If something is unclear then explicit policy should be stated. [20:14:52] I also think that the motion won't add anything new [20:14:55] (there's nothing actionable in it, so I see noting for us to do) [20:15:09] I dont know the detailed motivation behind the mail [20:15:16] I don't either. [20:15:21] dilfridge: ^^ [20:15:27] we could approve it as posted, with the logical disjunction :) [20:15:30] dilfridge: someone has to solve the conflict. whether it be devs themselves, project lead, QA project or council. [20:15:56] I *do* know that in the past I was occasionally "frustrated", because Gentoo seemed like a bunch of headless chicken running around without talking to each other [20:16:27] That's why I think the council should be willing to set direction [20:16:34] I suggest looking at the concrete problems and not make overbroad statements. [20:16:44] Yes. [20:16:57] +1 [20:17:08] I'm just pointing out, this goes into the old discussion of "council - proactive or reactive?" [20:17:37] as a matter of fact, direction is most often set by discussing things in the -dev ML [20:18:10] most of the time with one champion trying to build consensus [20:18:22] which makes a lot of sense [20:18:25] (and I see nothing wrong with that) [20:18:41] I personally don't see council body as a leader of implementing most technical projects. It's only 7 of us :) [20:19:06] yeah [20:19:18] So skipping this one because we don't see an actionable item for now? [20:19:24] Yup. [20:19:24] please move on, it's not actionable [20:19:37] but I see also the point that *if* you participate in a larger project (like Gentoo) you *should* be willing to adapt to community consensus [20:19:46] yes, let's move on [20:20:02] if this pops up as a specific item we can revisit it [20:20:03] sidenote: we should not have such non-actionable-items on the agenda [20:20:08] +1 [20:20:12] +1 [20:20:31] I see nothing bad with it, it's "asking council opinion" [20:20:42] without any plans to make binding decision [20:20:43] It would be fine for open floor [20:21:16] but then we wouldnt have a chance for clarifications on the list [20:21:18] anyway [20:21:18] (or -ML discussion, that did not happen) [20:21:31] 3) Bugs with council involvment [20:21:51] !botsnack [20:21:52] dilfridge: thanks :) [20:21:54] aaaah [20:21:58] bug 642072 [20:22:01] dilfridge: https://bugs.gentoo.org/642072 "[Tracker] Copyright policy"; Gentoo Council, unspecified; IN_P; mgorny:council [20:22:16] one blocker for this one [20:22:22] no news there [20:22:33] actually it's in portage [20:22:41] oh [20:22:43] right [20:22:45] waiting for stabilisation of 2.3.81 [20:22:56] \o/ [20:23:06] #667432 Rename DCO_SIGNED_OFF_BY config variable to SIGNED_OFF_BY. [20:23:15] yes, this one [20:23:18] good then this is done at some point. [20:23:36] bug 662982 [20:23:39] dilfridge: https://bugs.gentoo.org/662982 "[TRACKER] New default locations for the Gentoo repository, distfiles, and binary packages"; Gentoo Linux, Current packages; CONF; zmedico:dev-portage [20:24:04] Infra is currently rolling out fixed portage tarball (the one containing the repository) [20:24:08] one blocker and I heard some recent whining^H^H^H^H^Harguments [20:24:15] only bug 574752 as blocker [20:24:17] ulm: https://bugs.gentoo.org/574752 "Rename portage-YYYYMMDD.tar* snapshots with gentoo-YYYYMMDD.tar*"; Gentoo Infrastructure, Other; IN_P; mgorny:infra-bugs [20:24:22] Once we have this tarball, portage will update. [20:24:24] looks like progress [20:24:43] what was the whining? [20:24:47] ok then we have progress [20:24:50] yes [20:24:56] mostly "why do we have to change this?" [20:25:02] "it worked for ages" [20:25:05] ... [20:25:06] dilfridge: heh :p [20:25:26] bug 696882 [20:25:29] dilfridge: https://bugs.gentoo.org/696882 "Register /EFI/Gentoo namespace in UEFI Subdirectory Registry"; Gentoo Council, unspecified; CONF; ulm:council [20:25:30] it never belonged on /usr to start with ;-) [20:25:47] can we reassign this one to trustees? [20:25:49] !note antarus any news on /EFI/Gentoo? [20:25:49] okies, dilfridge [20:25:50] yes [20:25:57] sounds good [20:26:05] let's have them do something important [20:26:06] yeah there's nothing we can do there. [20:26:15] they own the name, and antarus has taken action already [20:26:19] done [20:26:24] \o/ [20:26:36] bug 700364 [20:26:39] dilfridge: https://bugs.gentoo.org/700364 "License council summaries under CC-BY-SA-4.0"; Gentoo Council, unspecified; IN_P; ulm:council [20:26:42] we can close thos one now [20:26:54] and finally [20:26:57] *nod*, was done as part of the agenda list [20:27:01] we come to one of our evergreens, [20:27:05] bug 637328 [20:27:07] dilfridge: https://bugs.gentoo.org/637328 "GLEP 14 needs to be updated"; Documentation, GLEP Changes; IN_P; mgorny:security [20:27:14] Last time! [20:27:26] Last christmas? [20:27:39] it can be closed as WONTFIX [20:27:39] glep-0014: Mark as Deferred. [20:27:53] time to un-CC council@? [20:28:00] Bug will be closed I think [20:28:01] well when it's closed who cares [20:28:07] -*- ulm just closed it [20:28:12] thank you! [20:28:17] excellent [20:28:20] with that [20:28:23] we get to [20:28:31] 4) Open floor [20:28:50] -*- dilfridge watches the floor open and swallow the council... err... wrong novel... [20:29:00] anyone? [20:29:26] Py..no I have nothing. [20:29:35] hrhr [20:30:10] Whissi: blink if someone is standing behind you with a cluebat :P [20:30:35] ;) [20:31:39] ok so seems we really have nothing [20:31:46] -*- ulm is pondering about floor(exp(1.0)*10)*0.1 [20:32:17] too much higher math for the time of day [20:32:27] right then [20:32:31] /bang/ [20:32:35] meeting closed!