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

Tue Aug 20 11:36:37 PDT 2013

On 08/20/2013 02:10 PM, Steve Sakoman wrote:
> 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.

Well, if you do a lot more than that, you are on the road to
YP-incompatible :)

OSS System works very hard at upstreaminging everything.

Philip

> 
> 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
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> 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
>>>>> Yocto Project Community Manager @Intel http://yoctoproject.org
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>> Jeff Osier-Mixon http://jefro.net/blog
>> Yocto Project Community Manager @Intel http://yoctoproject.org
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