[dpdk-web] [PATCH] decision making via technical board

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Feb 18 19:39:48 CET 2016


> +	<h3 id="board">Technical board</h3>
> +	<p>The decision making process is primarily based on consensus.
> +	However in rare cases, the technical board can make a decision
> +	when consensus is not reached on the mailing list.
> +	<p>The scope of this body is limited to questions directly related to the
> +	following repositories:
> +	<ul>
> +		<li>dpdk.git
> +		<li>dpdk-next*.git
> +		<li>dpdk-web.git
> +	</ul>

If you limit to just git it seems too narrowly focused. What if we had to kick someone
off mailing list? Or negotiate with other organizations. I really don't understand
what this sentence is trying to say (in a legal sense).

> +	<p>After having tried to solve every concerns, a maintainer
> +	(listed in the <a href="/browse/dpdk/tree/MAINTAINERS">MAINTAINERS file</a>)
> +	or a board member (listed below) can request a board meeting as a last resort.
> +	Then the technical board will meet on IRC to issue a decision within 2 weeks.
> +	A quorum of 6 members is required.
> +	<p>The 7 members are:

Maybe add current

> +	<ul>
> +		<li>Bruce Richardson
> +		<li>Jerin Jacob
> +		<li>Konstantin Ananyev
> +		<li>Olivier Matz
> +		<li>Panu Matilainen
> +		<li>Stephen Hemminger
> +		<li>Thomas Monjalon
> +	</ul>
> +
>  </section>



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