Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758395AbXHXL4S (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:56:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756499AbXHXL4F (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:56:05 -0400 Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:35033 "EHLO mail.parisc-linux.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755845AbXHXL4E (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:56:04 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:56:01 -0600 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Matt Mackall , 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: <20070824115601.GU9163@parisc-linux.org> References: <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> <20070824045413.GX30705@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070824045413.GX30705@stusta.de> 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: 1497 Lines: 33 On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 06:54:14AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > My impression as an SPI member is that in practice most SPI members come > from the SPI projects [1], and due to Debian's size Debian developers > are the majority of SPI members. That's true -- but bear in mind that most SPI members are inactive, and don't even vote for SPI leader. I doubt most existing members could be bothered to vote for Linux Foundation TAB. > If you elect at KS it'll favor kernel developers. > If you let all SPI members elect it'll favor Debian developers. The crucial difference is that anyone (within reason) can join SPI. It's hard to join KS. And it doesn't just 'favour' kernel developers, it completely limits it to kernel developers. > The Linux Foundation homepage says "The Technical Advisory Board (TAB) > provides the Linux kernel community a direct voice into The Linux > Foundation???s activities...". If this is the intention, an election at > the KS is the best solution. I think that's a statement of the current position, and not necessarily where the TAB wants to be. -- "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step." - 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/