[Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINER TOPIC FOR KS] CoC and Linus position (perhaps undocumented/closed/limited/invite session)

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:55:23 +1000
Dave Airlie <airlied at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think there might be place for a report from the people who did sign
> off the CoC about the thoughts/process involved in updating it (and/or
> urgency) to the rest of the Maintainer group.
> 
> Now I understand that having a public talk about such a thing will
> likely descend into farce, there may be scope for something of a
> Chatham House Rule style meeting, or just a non-recorded, non-public
> session like we've done for sensitive subjects are previous kernel
> summits.

I believe this topic merits a discussion at Maintainer's Summit. It can
probably be much more productive face to face with several maintainers
in one room than what would result in a mailing list (both public and
private) discussion.

I'm willing to lead this if nobody else wants to do it.

  (I don't know why I do this to myself)


> 
> It might just be a readout from a similar meeting at Edinburgh summit
> (maybe someone else can propose that), or maybe some sort of Q&A
> session. Maybe Linus could record a piece to camera for the
> maintainers that can't make Edinburgh, but would still like to
> understand where everything currently sits. Said piece would of course
> be burned afterwards.

I would like to get an honest opinion from everyone involved, and
remove any of the ambiguities that people still have.

> 
> After the past 2-3 days I get the feeling there are maintainers unsure
> about how this affects them and I think assuaging those fears might be
> a good thing.

Agreed.

> 
> I'm also equally happy nailing the lid back on the can of worms and
> never discussing it again.

No no, the can is now open and you have released the worms ;-)

-- Steve