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Re: [edgebsd-developers] Election platform [was: Planning the election for project leader]
- To: Pierre Pronchery <khorben@xxxxxxxxxxx>, edgebsd-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [edgebsd-developers] Election platform [was: Planning the election for project leader]
- From: youri <youri.mout@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:07:25 +0100
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I vote for khorben as our project leader. On 29/01/15 06:16, 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! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUymjNAAoJEGoJXMYtmcj3NgwQAKh1mX2JG7NrfdJiErdQ+spg 6WWB2D31Ga/qDjZlwjPYgVmjdXkjxnPI79KAyx7/zmLR0igSHhilZchsZRStd9/e FEslBO3G1AdLh8C+ZUu3InDc+c+nGLR/uhKRkxm2aGf5HqnTIaqv68ptRKTvOL8D J6VoFedSOxfJeoF6bsEGTsbsTWcyPBQ2iEpFVpWL7AJUQpfExwlI2oazTlNoUA93 kHFk48SEyq4YXBZNYmUQn6apJvl0dO7l7C5zg46kkfa4Ntx8p8GK77CkuDfmts1f GoBP4THmngFjUbI0MjZhmUtl4p+QBiP6Z6iyfp9/PUcHwZhsO3UrpcqNrp3uBqq8 dn7XVv2PZQOavRaEq6Nf5FVVe3N0vuPoPYOSWh9lG58E8OJVS1I/5wI9x/oWATSN KlcDJQjqbwV+i1gekIwhcgx4gLB5uStuz6YqqCcr6KwNS752IjMHK2xvJMN2GNhk tQGy77oKhsv8LtaOVvkur8SqLisQSny91iG+fUwduWX81VV6fiR5ggikcMkBWMb6 Z9ruWIYwD0vRrxjw9rH4VQo/mghb/WbTjLk2wppzsAYLJiCJlK+pBNljBCGdiNGz pyru277D/PO1XPqnISLY+X96DjgyqKaDlKKW9VF+L5IrfIybvFzC7YZDsTIyTIOT eoqGSD80xBVWoyj1q++E =K1ZG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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