Re: setting up xfs office hours

["Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 05:26:41PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> At the XFS BoF during LSFMMBPF last month, I restated my longstanding
> opinion that given my experiences trying to get online fsck designed and
> merged, our feedback cycles are far too long; and my lament that we do
> not have a community conference call where people can discuss what
> they're working on, ask for new projects, etc.
> 
> As part of stepping back from an active development role to focus on
> leading my team, I declare that I will host open office hours for
> people to:
> 
>  0. Run down the bug list and QA testing results
>  1. Drop by and talk about whatever xfs-related issues they have
>  2. Find things for themselves to work on
>  3. Inquire about adjacent work being done by other people
>  4. Engage in transfers of information and institutional knowledge
> 
> My intent is to have a defined hour every week where anyone can drop in.
> However, given the global scope of the xfs participants, I declare that
> anyone who cannot make whatever time I pick should contact me to
> schedule an appointment.
> 
> The first office hours will be on 11 June 2024 at 8am PDT (aka 1500 GMT)
> https://oracle.zoom.us/j/92930934955?pwd=wsEYPkj7WOpvIT0E1Bb0cCBaHvj8JW.1

...and I'll repeat it at 6pm PDT (aka 0100 GMT on the 12th) to see which
one gets more participants. ;)

--D

> 
> Immediate topics: I want to give away a bunch of projects: the ones that
> have been festering in djwong-dev; and the ones merely written down on
> paper.  Also the actual scheduling for this meeting since the biggest
> blocker has been the near impossibility of finding any good timeslot.
> 
> --Darrick
>