From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Lp1EU-0006G7-0q for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:15:58 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lp1ES-0006Fu-Jw for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:15:56 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lp1ER-0006FM-PM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:15:56 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57294 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lp1ER-0006FG-Le for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:15:55 -0400 Received: from mail.nexedi.com ([91.121.25.85]:46248 helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lp1ER-0005zo-BQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:15:55 -0400 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 646433D9F4 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:15:52 +0200 (CEST) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:15:47 +0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <200903291909.56201.okuji@enbug.org> <20090401131900.GD27958@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20090401131900.GD27958@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904012315.47404.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Split of the normal mode X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:15:56 -0000 On Wednesday 01 April 2009 22:19:00 Robert Millan wrote: > GRUB is in dire need of an active project lead. I'm happy to see what you > plan to take back on that role. Over the last few months, I tried to cover > up for some of the work you and Marco weren't doing, like processing the > patches nobody wanted to look at, or requesting copyright assignments. > TBH, it wasn't a pleasant task, and if you'll be doing it from now on, it's > a relief for me. Well, I don't like that so much, either. So I appreciate if you can continue to do that. :p > As for reverting changes, I acknowledge you have the authority to do that, > but it would be very harmful to the project if all sort of things started > being reverted with no proper discussion. When I say harmful, I mean that > some people might end up sticking with their own private trees, which later > can't easily be merged. It's very important to build consensus on such > things. > > So my suggestion is that you bring up discussion on which things you plan > to revert. If we can't reach consensus, you have the authority to impose > your own view, but please try to find consensus, and be open to arguments > that might convince your POV. > > To summarize, I approve of your decision, but I'd be very disappointed if > all this just happens so you can revert a bunch of stuff and inmediately > afterwards we're left with no active maintainer again. Thank you for your comment. I fully understand what you mean. I will take care. Regards, Okuji