[CentOS-devel] https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/

On 9/12/20 09:46, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 12/8/20 7:47 PM, Rob Thomas wrote:
>> I'm sure it was just phrasing.  Perhaps if you asked 'Was this decision
>> forced on the CentOS board?' you'd get a different answer.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 11:03, Mário Barbosa <mario.barbosa at gmail.com
>> <mailto:mario.barbosa at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>      On 2020/12/09 01:51, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>      > On 12/8/20 6:24 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
>>      >>
>>      >> Was this decision forced, despite objection, on the CentOS board
>>      by the
>>      >> RedHat Liaison?
>>      >>
>>      >> Yes or No?
>>      >
>>      > No
>>
>>      Come on, man:
>>
>>      "[...] Given this, we’ve informed the CentOS Project Governing Board
>>      that we are shifting our investment fully from CentOS Linux to CentOS
>>      Stream."
>>
>>      ... in
>>      https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/centos-stream-building-innovative-future-enterprise-linux
>>      <https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/centos-stream-building-innovative-future-enterprise-linux>
>>
> That is correct .. so, the Red Hat Liaison can use Section B. of the
> Governance to dictate a vote. If the board FORCES the use of this
> clause, then whatever was wanted (in this case by Red Hat) would get
> inacted in its entirety with no real input from the board.
>
> https://www.centos.org/about/governance/voting/
>
> The CentOS Board knows this, so we had a dialoge with Red Hat instead.
> Red Hat presented their case and listened to our response.  There was a
> significant back and forth.
>
> So, no one 'FORCED' the board to do anything.  Red Hat told us what they
> were going to do (what you quoted).  The board then made many
> recommendations in a back and forth negotiation.  The board then made a
> decision.  The decision was reluctant .. but it was unanimous.
>
> And now this is the way forward.
> ______________________________________________
When the two only options are to be shot in the head or in the leg, the 
leg is the obvious choice, that doesn't mean that you had a real choice 
to begin with.

Pablo