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

Wed Dec 9 13:34:25 UTC 2020
Phelps, Matthew <mphelps at cfa.harvard.edu>

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 8:24 AM Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:

> On 12/9/20 7:14 AM, Julien Pivotto wrote:
> > On 09 Dec 06:46, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> >
> > Johnny,
> >
> > As this was not dictated by Section B, it seems that the board could
> > revert this decision by another vote.
> >
> > I'd like to see this topic re-discussed, based on community feedback. Is
> > that a possibility?
> >
>
> I very much doubt it. I have been doing this for 17 years and CentOS is
> basically my life's work.  This was (for me personally) a heart
> wrenching decision.  However, i see no other decision as a possibility.
>  If there was, it would have been made.
>
> As I said, there was a back and forth.  We got all the concessions we
> could get.  It is what it is.  But as I also said, it was a unanimous
> decision.
>

So who on the RedHat side can we plead with? We will not give up, like you
did.




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