On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 20:18 +0100, Richard (MQ) wrote:
That's still true :( - I'm disappointed as much by the less-than-transparent decision processes and the off-the-cuff "announcement" as the fact itself. Are any of these three endorsed by the board?
No. Technical decisions and resource allocationss are not within the purview of the Board. Our focus is on Community and representing it as well as resolving conflicts. The matter of PPC support has never been brought to the Board and so thus we have not rendered a position of endorsing or opposing that decision. My memory is failing me a bit now, but I do recall PPC support being discussed. Perhaps on mailing list or in IRC channels. I'm not sure, but this is not a new topic to me. So, if anything, I would say the failure isn't in letting people know about this change, but in not getting the word out far enough to ensure people heard about this news. That's something we need to address, for sure. If you feel that this is not a good decision and you want the Board to express an opinion on the matter, you are free to send us an email and state your case. You can send an email to board@opensuse.org. I will say this much. It *is* a 'pick your battles' world out there. Obviously, removal of support impacts you greatly, but as statistics demonstrate, the impact does not affect as many users as we'd like. We, as a Board, do have to pick our battles and there are lots out there in terms of breaking down barriers and making our community stronger and so forth. So, we'd be hard pressed at this time to make this an issue. That's not to say, on my part, that I am minimizing your situation. I do feel for you. This is, however, an opportunity to build on the strength of community. We can't always rely on Novell to take up the cause on every issue and user type. You should reach out to the community, via IRC, Mailing Lists, Forums, etc. and find out who else is out there with a need for PPC. Get united. With combined resources, you might be able to prolong the life of PPC support via community. -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member GNOME-A11y Team Member www.bryen.com (Personal Blog) www.planet-a11y.net (Feed aggregator of the Accessibility Community) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org