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That way we can +</I>><i> focus during the meeting on something else than just reporting. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> See <A HREF="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=meeting:council_notes_2011_03_28">http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=meeting:council_notes_2011_03_28</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> That, in turn, reinforces the need we have for each team to really +</I>><i> have a representative to report and attend to the meeting. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Cheers! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Romain +</I> +Some thoughts i had during meeting, but refrained from speaking out during the +meeting: + + +council formation: +---------------------- +imo, it should consist of 1 vote for each team(the representative who will not +vote for personal preference, but for team preference) + 1 vote for each board +member(personal preference) + +there should be for each member of the board an "identity" to do this, if the +board switches members, the identity will be kept. + +each team should have 3 important positions: + - team leader + - backup leader + - representative to council (could be one of the team leaders or anyone else) + (job of representative is to put forward the team ideas, never personal +preference!) + +no restrictions on board membership and team leaders and representatives. + +there is no double vote as the team representative always puts forward the +position(vote) of the team. + + + +non_free issue: (overview) +------------------- +reading the ML, there are several positions: +A) people who want 100% FREE +B) people who want functionality +C) people who want everything +D) people who think firmware released as BSD (without source) is still FREE +E) people who think that firmwares on ISO will not fit (no space to put it) + +options: +1: 1 FREE DVD and 1 liveDVD +2: 1 FREE DVD and 1 liveDVD + 1 extra ISO/USBstick for firmware +3: 1 FREE DVD and 1 "regular" (contains also networking firmware) and 1 liveDVD +4: 1 Free DVD (with option for networking firmware) and 1 liveDVD + +now: concerns are as follows: +- how much space are we talking about (firmwares) +- if BSD firmware is considered FREE, how much space is left, or is there any? + +option 1 is the easiest one, if D is correct. +option 2 is bad for usability +option 3 is too much work to QA (possibly) +option 4 maybe not enough space +option 4 is probably not good enough for people A + + +personally IMHO, i think people D should not be ignored, it might make things +alot simpler and perhaps people releasing firmware as BSD will give source +code, if asked for it. (or perhaps there is no source code). (TO BE CHECKED) + +furthermore, i think option 4 is good enough to satisfy people A. + +if not, i guess option 3 is a less good alternative. + +i don't think option 2 is a good alternative + + + +arm: +------ +i'm interested in having mageia server version working on arm embedded +hardware. (don't forget this means basesystem+server stuff in less than 500MB) + +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="004073.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia calendar - plugin dokuwiki +</A></li> + + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4076">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4076">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4076">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4076">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |