RESULT: Develop a relationship with the Yocto Project

[Chris Larson]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Philip Balister <philip at balister.org> wrote:
> On 01/12/2011 04:16 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 02:56:24PM +0000, Graeme Gregory wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Anyone can make a proposal at any time. No one came to OEDEM with a
>>>> well thought out proposal.
>>>>
>>> Seems to be the case that everyone wants someone to do it, as long as
>>> the set someone does not include the proposer they are happy.
>>>
>>> As to the rules the way I read it any publishing of numbers would reveal
>>> the exact number of votes. I can say that there was a vast majority
>>> saying yes over 10 times the number as voted any other option.
>>
>> So, what's next? When can we expect to see any actions from the Board?
>> Will we
>> be getting any regular updates as to how things are going with the
>> OE/Yocto
>> relationship?
>>
>> BTW, Graeme, thanks for running the poll.
>
> I've been trying to get the paperwork from the Yocto Project so the board
> can review it. Unfortunately, the holidays have really slowed things down. I
> finally got in touch with the people at the Linux Foundation and they will
> get us an agreement to review at the end of this week.
>
> Beyond formalities, we have two areas to consider; how do we inter-operate
> with Yocto technically, and what do we call the result.

Personally, I don't see a need to change what we call anything.  We're
still OE, I'm certain everyone agrees we want that, for a multitude of
reasons.  The only thing that may change is the form, which is the
technical decision.  Am I missing something?
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Christopher Larson
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