[oe] Splitting meta-oe

[Philip Balister]

On 01/25/2012 04:03 PM, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 15:45 -0500, Philip Balister wrote:
>> On 01/25/2012 12:57 PM, Phil Blundell wrote:
>>> Agreed.  I think the mailing lists ought to remain the primary forum for
>>> decision-making.  If there's something that needs to be discussed, let's
>>> do it here.  If we can't reach a consensus, that's what we have the TSC
>>> for.
>>
>> I do not want this to discourage from OE developers talking about things
>> like this when they have the chance. Sometimes, high bandwidth face to
>> face conversations can resolve issues much faster.
> 
> Absolutely, folks should feel welcome to discuss this and any other
> issues whenever they have the chance.  And if no conclusion has emerged
> by the time ELC comes around then that might indeed be a useful way to
> move things forward.  But, such face-to-face meetings inevitably involve
> only a subset of developers and the only way to ensure that all
> interested parties are able to participate is to hold discussion on the
> mailing list whenever possible.

Sure. I don't think anyone is suggesting that a few guys get together
and make binding decisions, just try to work through things a little faster.

Philip