Re: OSDL Power Management call 8/24/2006 8 a.m. Pacific

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:46:25PM -0400, Preece Scott-PREECE wrote:
> 
> Well, OSDL is one of several groups formed to try to encourage
> development in areas that its member companies prefer. OSDL has
> topic-specific working groups, which consist of people from member
> companies who are interested in specific technology areas. Those working
> groups meet so they can educate each other, coordinate activity,
> prioritize OSDL's activities on the specific topics, attempt to reach
> consensus on the direction the members would like to encourage, and so
> forth. 

I for one, am very familiar with what OSDL does, on many levels, but
thanks for the summary :)

> I'm not sure why you think it's outside "the standard process" to issue
> an open invitation to community members to attend a WG meeting.

Because kernel development doesn't happen at WG meetings.  It happens
when code is posted.  To think otherwise is to not understand the kernel
development process.

> I don't think there's a lot of point to pretending that, just because
> kernel contributions come from individuals, those individuals are
> independent.

I never made such a statement.

> You think Intel and Motorola and other companies with a growing stake in
> the open source market don't have internal meetings to organize their
> activity, as well as participating in groups like OSDL, CELF, etc.?

Again, I never made such a statement.

I do however, doubt that a working group meeting is a useful thing for
any kernel developer to spend their time attending, unless it is at the
behalf of their employer.  And I say this as someone who has attended
many such meetings at OSDL and other places.

Again, I will ask these simple questions:

  - Why is the community being invited to such a meeting?
  - Is there a proposed adgenda so that the community members can
    determine if it is worth their time?

thanks,

greg k-h