Am 27.11.2013 18:47, schrieb Richard Brown:
1) Add focus to increase alignment among contributors.
Why? for what purpose and to what end? Does that alignment include finding ways to make openSUSE and SLE more aligned such as introduced by Ralf Flaxa at oSC 14? I think it was still 2013 :)
Ralf's wish to have SLE and openSUSE closer together is a wish many others share. But if you go deeper, you'll soon notice that what some wish is exactly the opposite for others. So there is no easy solution. But alignment is just a buzzword IMO for working together. And that's a goal that can indeed stand for itself. Working together on a common goal is more inspiring than working alone.
How do we address the obvious concern that adding 'focus' might disenfranchise contributors who do not agree with the chosen direction for that focus?
Well, I dislike the word 'focus' as having focus means you don't see much else. But if we want to work on something, we have to have a common goal - and that's where a "focus" comes in. And people not wanting to work towards that common goal either create a problem or they don't. If they do create a problem, we should have an agreed base on which we push back. In our current strategy it's pretty much impossible to push back on people as our strategy is very broad and *I* think it has been good for us growing. But I'd be fine with having more disagreement on things if they are important.
2) Are there any other aspects relevant in this discussion? Can you summarize them?
The openSUSE Team at SUSE are making a lot of proposals. Assuming broad community acceptance of these ideas, how much of this work are you expecting your team to shoulder, and how much of the burden will the 'wider community' be expected to pick up?
Everything of it is supposed to happen from within the community and SUSE (and its openSUSE Team) will help. No matter what's being said, we're just human beings. We have some preferences about the order of things ourselves, but in the end all we're trying is starting a discussion (and take it - we have 3 years to go till 2016 :) Greetings, Stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org