[dpdk-web] [dpdk-techboard] [PATCH v2] update techboard description

Jan Blunck jblunck at infradead.org
Tue Mar 7 15:31:11 CET 2017


Acked-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck at infradead.org>



On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Thomas Monjalon
<thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote:
> The Technical Board has new members and a new operation mode.
> Some of the changes have been discussed in the Linux Foundation meetings.
> Everything has been agreed in the Technical Board meetings.
>
> Cc: techboard at dpdk.org
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
> ---
> v2: reword role of input for stalled patches
> ---
>  about.html             |   4 ++
>  about/techboard.html   | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  dev.html               |  30 ++------------
>  scripts/serve_local.py |   2 +-
>  4 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 about/techboard.html
>
> diff --git a/about.html b/about.html
> index 3f5199b..9a8df53 100644
> --- a/about.html
> +++ b/about.html
> @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
>                         <p>For an update of this web site, please join <a href="/ml/listinfo/web">web at dpdk.org</a>
>                         and check the <a href="/browse/tools/dpdk-web/">git repository</a>.
>                         <p>For any other question, please contact <a href="mailto:admin at dpdk.org">admin at dpdk.org</a>.
> +                       <h2>Maintainers</h2>
> +                       <p>Each project on <a href="/browse/">dpdk.org</a> has its own maintenance process.
> +                       <p>The main DPDK project has a <a href="/browse/dpdk/tree/MAINTAINERS">list of maintainers</a>
> +                       and a <a href="/about/techboard">Technical Board</a>.
>                         <h2>Services</h2>
>                         <p id="services">Companies able to provide services and support for DPDK environments:</p>
>                         <ul>
> diff --git a/about/techboard.html b/about/techboard.html
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5bcb6bc
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/about/techboard.html
> @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
> +<!DOCTYPE html>
> +<html lang="en">
> +<head>
> +       <meta charset="utf-8" />
> +       <meta name=viewport content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
> +       <title>DPDK Technical Board</title>
> +       <link rel="stylesheet" href="/reset.css" />
> +       <link rel="stylesheet" href="/layout.css" />
> +       <link rel="stylesheet" href="/content.css" />
> +       <script type="text/javascript">
> +               var _gaq = _gaq || [];
> +               _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-39229303-1']);
> +               _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'dpdk.org']);
> +               _gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]);
> +               _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
> +               (function() {
> +                       var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
> +                       ga.src = 'http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
> +                       var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
> +               })();
> +       </script>
> +</head>
> +<body>
> +<header>
> +       <h1><a href="http://dpdk.org/"><img src="/dpdk.png" alt="DPDK: Data Plane Development Kit"></a></h1>
> +       <nav>
> +               <ul>
> +                       <li><a href="/">Home</a>
> +                       <li><a href="/download">Download</a>
> +                       <li><a href="/doc">Documentation</a>
> +                       <li><a href="/dev">Development</a>
> +                       <li><a href="/ml">Mailing Lists</a>
> +                       <li><a href="/events">Events</a>
> +                       <li><a href="/news">News</a>
> +                       <li><a href="/about" id="current">About</a>
> +               </ul>
> +       </nav>
> +</header>
> +<section>
> +<h2>Technical Board</h2>
> +
> +<p>More high level details are defined in the
> +<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x43ycfW3arJNX-e6NQt3OVzAuNXtD7dppIhrY48FoGs">charter</a>.</p>
> +
> +<h3 id="scope">Scope</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 the questions directly related
> +to the development in the following repositories:
> +<ul>
> +       <li>dpdk.git
> +       <li>dpdk-stable.git
> +       <li>dpdk-next-*.git
> +       <li>dpdk-ci.git
> +       <li>dpdk-web.git
> +</ul>
> +
> +<h3 id="members">Members</h3>
> +<p>The 9 current members of
> +<a href="mailto:techboard at dpdk.org">techboard at dpdk.org</a> are:
> +<ul>
> +       <li>Bruce Richardson
> +       <li>Hemant Agrawal
> +       <li>Jan Blunck
> +       <li>Jerin Jacob
> +       <li>Konstantin Ananyev
> +       <li>Olivier Matz
> +       <li>Stephen Hemminger
> +       <li>Thomas Monjalon
> +       <li>Yuanhan Liu
> +</ul>
> +
> +<h3 id="renewal">Renewal</h3>
> +<p>Technical Board positions are held by individuals, not companies.
> +However, employees of a single company should not occupy more than 40% of board seats.
> +<p>It can be decided to remove a member if there is an approval of 2/3 of the whole Technical Board.
> +It can be decided either to replace the member, or to redefine the size of the board.
> +<p>There will be some renewal when it will be felt as needed.
> +
> +<h3 id="meetings">Meetings</h3>
> +<p>A short meeting happens on IRC (freenode #dpdk-board) every two weeks.
> +<p>The quorum required for a meeting to proceed is a 70% majority of the Technical Board.
> +<p>The Chair is a rotating role among members.
> +<p>Any contributor can ask to add a topic in the agenda by sending an email
> +to <a href="mailto:techboard at dpdk.org">techboard at dpdk.org</a>.
> +The board members will add any topic of interest in the agenda.
> +<p>Minutes are sent to <a href="/ml/archives/dev/">dev at dpdk.org</a> so anyone can comment.
> +However, the technical discussions should happen in the original thread.
> +
> +<h3 id="roles">Roles</h3>
> +<ul>
> +       <li>The new project repositories must be approved by the Technical Board,
> +       while applying the non-technical criteria defined by the <a href="/404">Governing Board</a>.
> +       <li>If a patch does not receive any or enough comment, the board may discuss it
> +       in order to provide an input on the mailing list.
> +       <li>If there is no consensus in a discussion, a decision can be taken
> +       by the Technical Board and explained on the mailing list.
> +</ul>
> +<p>For a vote to be passed, a majority (> 50%) of the total Technical Board is required
> +(not just a majority of those in attendance at the meeting).
> +In the event of a deadlock the Technical Board Chair shall have the casting vote.
> +
> +</section>
> diff --git a/dev.html b/dev.html
> index a4b7386..478f712 100644
> --- a/dev.html
> +++ b/dev.html
> @@ -133,32 +133,8 @@
>         <p>Most of the patchwork actions can be done
>         with a <a href="/dev/patchwork/help/pwclient/">pwclient</a> command line.
>
> -       <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 the questions directly related to
> -       the development in the following repositories:
> -       <ul>
> -               <li>dpdk.git
> -               <li>dpdk-next*.git
> -               <li>dpdk-web.git
> -       </ul>
> -       <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 current members of
> -       <a href="mailto:techboard at dpdk.org">techboard at dpdk.org</a> are:
> -       <ul>
> -               <li>Bruce Richardson
> -               <li>Jerin Jacob
> -               <li>Konstantin Ananyev
> -               <li>Olivier Matz
> -               <li>Panu Matilainen
> -               <li>Stephen Hemminger
> -               <li>Thomas Monjalon
> -       </ul>
> +       <h3 id="board">Technical Board</h3>
> +       <p>The Technical Board may intermediate in the development process,
> +       as described in the <a href="/about/techboard">Technical Board operation</a>.
>
>  </section>
> diff --git a/scripts/serve_local.py b/scripts/serve_local.py
> index 63a0e59..bdfc92e 100644
> --- a/scripts/serve_local.py
> +++ b/scripts/serve_local.py
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import BaseHTTPServer
>  from os import curdir, sep, listdir
>
>  port = 8000
> -folders = [".", "./doc", "./dev"]
> +folders = [".", "./about", "./doc", "./dev"]
>
>  html_files = []
>
> --
> 2.7.0
>


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