Re: RFC: aggressive usurpation of bugs.oe.net by Angstrom

[Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>]

Hi Paul/Rolf,

I've mostly read this thread and I have a few comments to make as an
observer:

a) it is good to see Rolf working on OE again

b) Angstrom is not the only distro OE supports and never will be. It was
started as a means to merge several very similar distributions and focus
various developer's efforts. It was also an opportunity to try and show
how a distro should work since lots of people didn't understand the
things a distro should control.

It therefore serves as a kind of role model in OE but that doesn't mean
it will always serve that role or that its preferred over everything
else. Angstrom needs to keep in mind that at least in theory if it drops
the ball, OE could choose a different "role model" ;-). Other distros
are welcome in OE and are welcome to use the bugzilla since a lot of bug
reports have implications outside a given distribution.

c) Rolf is perfectly right to ask if there is a better way to handle
this. "Can we do X better?" is always a good valid question. 

d) Saying OE should only have one distro is not a way to solve the
problem.

e) If nobody has useful for suggestions for improving things, lets wait
for Rolf to propose any better ways for handling things. We can then
discuss those improvements based on technical merit, not character
assassination.

Cheers,

Richard