[yocto-ab] Yocto Project AB VOTE: OS Systems

Tue Aug 20 11:10:11 PDT 2013

I'm not sure I "get it".

meta-ossystems-base seems to do very little:

1. provide an oss distro file
2. use the oss u-boot repository rather than upstream
3. override psplash to display the oss logo
4. provide a few utility classes borrowed from meta-mentor

I have a similar skeleton meta layer I use at the start of each client
engagement, and we immediately start modifying it to substitute their logo,
distro tweaks, etc.

To be honest, I'm not sure what benefit they think they get from the YP
compatible logo!  And I'm not sure that overriding the rules is justified
for something like this.

That said, if it is something that will keep an active contributor happy, I
am willing to vote yes.

But in that case, maybe we should consider "active contributor" as another
class of those who are eligible for YP Compatible so that we can deal with
requests like this consistently.

Steve

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey <
jeffrey.osier-mixon at intel.com> wrote:

> The small organization clause is for YP Participant. Currently, YP
> Compatible requires that an organization be either (1) a nonprofit
> and/or open source project, or (2) a YP member organization. This vote
> is for the AB to override that rule for this particular very active
> participant.
>
> Note that the AB has overridden its own rules several times in the
> past for good reasons, and I believe Otavio fits into the definition
> of a "very good reason".
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Philip Balister <philip at balister.org>
> wrote:
> > Before I vote yes :) I just want to make sure this does not cause issues
> > down the road. I'm assuming they fall into the small organization clause?
> >
> > Philip
> >
> > On 08/20/2013 01:34 PM, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey wrote:
> >> Hi Sanil - yes, this is for meta-ossystems-base. Also, OS Systems is
> >> already a YP Participant.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Sanil kumar <sanil.kumar at huawei.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Is this for meta-ossystems-base ?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks and Regards
> >>> Sanil.
> >>> ________________________________________
> >>> From: yocto-ab-bounces at yoctoproject.org [
> yocto-ab-bounces at yoctoproject.org] on behalf of Osier-mixon, Jeffrey [
> jeffrey.osier-mixon at intel.com]
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:40 AM
> >>> To: yocto-ab at yoctoproject.org
> >>> Subject: [yocto-ab] Yocto Project AB VOTE: OS Systems
> >>>
> >>> As I have had no comment on this for a week, I would like to put it to
> a vote.
> >>>
> >>> Please vote yes/no to grant YP Compatible status to OS Systems'
> >>> YP-based distro. Please vote before Thursday, end of day.
> >>>
> >>> thanks
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey
> >>> <jeffrey.osier-mixon at intel.com> wrote:
> >>>> One small correction, it isn't the ThinTerminal distro but rather
> this one:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> http://code.ossystems.com.br/gitweb?p=meta-ossystems-base.git;a=shortlog;h=refs%2Fheads%2Fmaster
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey
> >>>> <jeffrey.osier-mixon at intel.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Hi all
> >>>>>
> >>>>> OS Systems is a YP Participant organization in Brazil. Its principal
> >>>>> person is Otavio Salvador, whom many people know as a very strong
> >>>>> member of the YP community. Otavio is the maintainer for the
> >>>>> meta-fsl-* layers and the meta-freescale mailing list.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> OS Systems is a very small organization. They have LF membership
> >>>>> through the Automotive Group, but they do not have a prayer for being
> >>>>> able to afford YP membership.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Otavio has asked about YP Compatible status for their distro for thin
> >>>>> clients: ThinTerminal. Since he is such a prominent member of the
> >>>>> community, I told him I would advocate on his behalf. This distro is
> >>>>> technically compatible with YP and built by it, and would immediately
> >>>>> qualify for Compatible if the parent organization were able to join
> >>>>> the project.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please let me know on this thread what you think about giving an
> >>>>> exception to OS Systems and granting YP Compatible status for this
> >>>>> distro.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> OS Systems: http://www.ossystems.com.br
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Jeff Osier-Mixon http://jefro.net/blog
> >>>>> Yocto Project Community Manager @Intel http://yoctoproject.org
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Jeff Osier-Mixon http://jefro.net/blog
> >>>> Yocto Project Community Manager @Intel http://yoctoproject.org
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jeff Osier-Mixon http://jefro.net/blog
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