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Re: [edgebsd-developers] Election platform [was: Planning the election for project leader]
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- Subject: Re: [edgebsd-developers] Election platform [was: Planning the election for project leader]
- From: Pierre Pronchery <khorben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 02:31:33 -0300
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And I'll vote for myself of course :) -- khorben On 29/01/2015 02:16, Pierre Pronchery wrote: > Dear EdgeBSD developers, > > On 04/09/2014 00:59, Pierre Pronchery wrote: >> >> The next and equally as important thing, is that according to our >> project constitution we have to organize the first election for >> leadership! I did not forget about it, and I really want to let this >> happen. So I will try to find the time until EuroBSDCon this year to >> create a platform and offer to pursue my commitment to this project, >> welcome alternative proposals, and then open the vote. > > I am very late and very sorry about it. But keeping to my own promise, I > would like to open the first election process for the leadership of the > EdgeBSD Project. > > Needless to say, I am applying for a new "mandate" - and so far, I am > the only declared candidate. So without further ado, please find my > election platform here. > > Election platform: Pierre Pronchery (khorben) > ============================================= > > 1. Status and achievements of the project > ----------------------------------------- > > Well, first of all, being its founder, I am glad that the project still > exists, that it seems attractive enough to build and sustain a > community, of which a few developers or enthusiasts are on their way to > become official NetBSD developers! This alone keeps me happy and > motivated to continue our work. > > On a purely technical level, I have to admit that I am not fully > satisfied. This may be simply because I always want to achieve more; > maybe also because the edgebsd-6 branch (for the stable release) > currently cannot fully build the release for the amd64 and i386 > architectures, and I haven't managed to fix this yet. Apologies again. > > On another hand, we do have a stable release, with ASLR (amd64, i386), > SSP (all supported platforms), support for root filesystem encryption > (amd64, i386) and signed binary packages (amd64, i386) with LTS support > (over 350 updates performed). We are managing the release thanks to Git > as the SCM, around which we have managed to automate a number of > processes and learned about the advantages and limitations. I admit > again that documentation is lacking a bit. > > We also have a preliminary release of the edgebsd-7 testing branch > (amd64, i386), which helps fix the remaining issues of NetBSD 7 of > course. Packages are still missing there, but pkgsrc 2015Q1 (our next > tentative LTS branch) is being prepared now. > > My feeling about the infrastructure is mixed too. We are currently > facing limitations with disk capacity, and would benefit from > virtualized containers for both services and builds. This is another > objective listed below. > > I also tried to keep EdgeBSD on the map, with presence at conferences > such as FOSDEM, AsiaBSDcon and EuroBSDcon this year, as well as on the > BSDTV show. > > Last but not least, a number of issues in NetBSD were identified through > our work on EdgeBSD, most of which I wouldn't have found myself without > founding this project, and this is also one more reason for me to keep > doing this: signing packages, SSP builds, the FAT bootloader and more. > > 2. Incoming tasks > ----------------- > > There are many, many tasks on my plate. > > Most importantly, ensuring a stable and attractive EdgeBSD 7 release, > perhaps with a switch to pkg-ng's binary package format (while keeping > the pkgsrc infrastructure). > > More difficult, I would like to reset our Git tree. There are now more > alternatives available to joerg@'s conversion, like from IIJ or from > Eric S. Raymond, and I believe this is a good time to have a look at > them. I have also identified a different way to use Git the way we > currently do but while sparing resources, by merging our netbsd-src.git > and edgebsd-src.git repositories together, and likely for > netbsd-pkgsrc.git and edgebsd-pkgsrc.git. This could be done together > with an infrastructure upgrade. > > All the while, this experience should be made beneficial to the NetBSD > project, probably by providing CVS access to the infrastructure - thus > experimenting with a possible migration plan. > > And more generally, more automation, cross-compiling packages, and - if > we find the resources - working on deeper changes to the NetBSD source > tree, like reducing the base system and splitting it in more repositories. > > 3. Conclusion > ------------- > > With this off my chest, I would like to thank everyone on #EdgeBSD > Freenode for their support, all our developers and users, and I hope to > be able to continue to serve our communities! > > I will welcome your OpenPGP-signed votes on the mailing-list, until > Friday 6th February 2015, 23:59 GMT. Additionally, competing platforms > are welcome too, and I am prepared to report the election and give > everyone time to vote again if anyone feels like taking the lead! > > Thank you! -- khorben
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