My ten-tokens worth below
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Patrick Fitzgerald All Support queries to: isupport@i-layer.com mailto:isupport@i-layer.com
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From: Richard Brown
Absolute reform, I would like to see the project rewrite it’s charter, make use of blockchain technologies and embrace newer ways of doing things, so that we can replenish the project with a succeeding/next generation of members.
We are a project that has historically struggled to run single- instance, centralised infrastructure for key parts of our project operation. eg. Our members database on https://connect.opensuse.org is no more eg2. Our TSP and voting tooling have both been stories of long struggles by very few people. The voting tooling in particular would be of absolute importance for any major reforms (they'd need to be voted on by the Membership at least to be accepted) Voting in order to have a vote? Sounds like that is something to be decided by the board, actually, since they would be voted in in the first place... ;) How do you expect us, as a Project, to be able to run complicated, multi-instance, distributed blockchain tooling when we've repeatedly demonstrated we struggle with even single node systems? Who will be funding all the additional hardware that blockchain technologies would require? All the additional hardware? Actually it is simpler than you think - it could be implemented as simple app, and run on every members system. As a foundation we could seek out startups, for example, who are beginning to be engaged in this space, and collaborate with them. (Or mature startups that would want a tax break for that matter). Upsides for both parties. Just a thought. Regards, -- Richard Brown Linux Distribution Engineer - Future Technology Team SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Frankenstraße 146, D-90461 Nuremberg, Germany (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg) Managing Directors/Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev, Andrew Myers, Andrew McDonald, Martje Boudien Moerman