On Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:40:29 +0200, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Sensitive info IMNSHO should stay private.
And nobody is advocating for changing that, at least that I've seen. I've specifically said that when there are third party privacy concerns involved, it's appropriate for the details to stay private.
Another thing that comes to mind when voting is public, is that ( also from experience ) there's a fair chance that the community will not discuss board decicions, but the voting behaviour of it's individual members.
Which is fine. If the community doesn't feel like a member of the board is properly representing their interests or delivering on their campaign promises or stated goals for running for the board, that would seem to be a fair discussion for the community to have, no? Like I said, default to being open, except for cases where not being open is specifically warranted (and can be noted in the notes - like "discussed dismissal of problematic member of the project; voted and decided to take action. Specific information withheld for third party privacy reasons." As I said, we see this in LKML on occasion - with the Spectre and Meltdown exploits is the most obvious example. That group defaults to being open with their information except when they can't due to third party privacy reasons (Intel's in those instances) or to follow responsible disclosure policies. But the policy doesn't prohibit Linus calling another developer a moron for doing something that he (Linus) feels was a stupid thing to do and calling attention to bad decisions made by developers on the team. What's more, while that does make the press when it happens, it doesn't break the development process. The argument has been made that that policy has made for a stronger kernel, not a weaker one. I would argue that the same thing is true here - having the board be open about the things that they vote on makes the board stronger, not weaker. But what I'm hearing (no disrespect to any of the board here) is that the board doesn't think the membership can "handle the truth". I think we are more than capable of handling that information. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org