[dpdk-web] [dpdk-govboard] [PATCH 2/3] update Technical Board responsibility wording

Dave Neary dneary at redhat.com
Wed Oct 18 17:41:40 CEST 2017


For clarity, the only part of this change I have an issue with is
"s/shall be/is/"

Thanks,
Dave.
On 10/18/2017 11:40 AM, Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I had a concern about this one expressed to me, which I sent to the
> govboard list and did not see any response - "shall be" is more rigorous
> language than "is" - changing this does not improve the document at all,
> and creates potential legal loopholes/confusion.
> 
> I would prefer this specific change not to be made.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave.
> 
> On 10/18/2017 11:04 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> Linux Foundation asks to replace "shall" by "is"
>> for technical decision responsibility.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
>> ---
>>  about/charter.html | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/about/charter.html b/about/charter.html
>> index 7308384..235ebba 100644
>> --- a/about/charter.html
>> +++ b/about/charter.html
>> @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
>>  
>>  <h4 id="techscope">Scope</h4>
>>  <p>
>> -	The Technical Board shall be responsible technical decision making
>> +	The Technical Board is responsible for technical decision making
>>  	for the DPDK project.
>>  	Its scope does not include the other sub-projects
>>  	hosted on dpdk.org (Pktgen, SPP etc.).
>>
> 

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