Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Technical Advisory Board Elections

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

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On Wed 2018-11-07 14:20:52, Chris Mason wrote:
> On 7 Nov 2018, at 5:12, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'd like to stand for TAB elections in 2018.
> >
> > I'm not sure what the format of statements for the slideshow is / how
> > long it should be?
> >
> 
> Hi Pavel,
> 
> You can take a look at the google doc for statements from this year, or 
> look at last year's: https://goo.gl/ADVFtT
> 
> In general it's an introduction to yourself and why you'd like to run 
> for the TAB, one-three short paragraphs.

Ok, let me try:

"Kernel hackers are funny people. They count time in patch
levels. Pavel started hacking kernel at time of Linux 1.3, because he
wanted his CD-ROM to work; that eventually became NBD driver. He then
helped with x86-64 kernel port and got hibernation support merged into
kernel, which he still co-maintains.

Pavel currently works on various embedded projects. In his spare time,
he rides horses, helps maintaining the LED subsystems, and he is on
quest to get up-to-date kernels running on cellphones, with final goal
of running "normal" distributions on phones.

Pavel believes that community is important, and that important
decisions should be made publicly. He believes that development should
be fun, and that honest communication should be possible on the
mailing lists. Pavel finds it important to get replies when
communicating with maintainers; even reply that is not politically
correct is useful, because it you know maintainer is willing to talk,
and ideally you get also some idea what the problem is. Silent
maintainer is worse as you don't know what is going on. Goal of the
kernel development should be to get best possible kernel, and it
should be possible to have fun while doing so.
"

Best regards,
									Pavel

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