Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964933AbXHXDVm (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:21:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755295AbXHXDVc (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:21:32 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:42381 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755090AbXHXDVV (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:21:21 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:22:28 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Josh Boyer , Andy Isaacson , James Bottomley , Matthew Garrett , Tech Board Discuss , linux-kernel , ksummit-2007-discuss@thunk.org Subject: Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Re: [Ksummit-2007-discuss] Re: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections Message-ID: <20070824032228.GJ21720@waste.org> References: <20070822224400.GA17255@srcf.ucam.org> <20070823002618.GO9163@parisc-linux.org> <20070823003748.GR30556@waste.org> <20070823004209.GP9163@parisc-linux.org> <20070823011953.GS30556@waste.org> <1187832907.3410.141.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070824012730.GA1243@hexapodia.org> <625fc13d0708231934q5b369b4fh1a5c83def0e56a0d@mail.gmail.com> <20070824025254.GH21720@waste.org> <20070824025504.GT9163@parisc-linux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070824025504.GT9163@parisc-linux.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 940 Lines: 20 On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 08:55:04PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:52:54PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote: > > The other part of the puzzle is including the wider Linux community. > > As I said; what's wrong with just using SPI membership? It's not like > it is remotely hard for kernel hackers to gain membership in SPI. And > somebody else takes care of the bureaucracy for you. Ahh, I didn't realize you were suggesting making -them- do the work instead of just stealing their model. I suppose that could work, provided no one finds being an SPI member objectionable and they'd provide us with their member list. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/