On 7 February 2017 at 19:24, Lars Vogdt <Lars.Vogdt@suse.com> wrote:
Hi Richard
On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:15:18 +0100 Richard Brown wrote:
issues with connect.opensuse.org that caused the cancellation of the openSUSE elections
Here we have a problem: the host and services are up and running from an "openSUSE Hero" perspective.
There is no - and there will never be a - way that "general" Admins, who take care about the operating system on those machines, will take over the application development/maintenance. This is the *job* of those people who volunteered to maintain this application [1].
Funny to say that the Heroes asked the board (again) during their first meeting[2] what to do with connect.o.o, as this service seems not to be actively maintained any more. I'm a bit sad to see that now the board tries to blame the Heroes for something they have no control over.
with kind regards, Lars
The Board chose its words carefully in the minutes, but allow me to say the following explicitly - we do not blame the openSUSE Heroes for the current situation. By 'openSUSE Heroes' I refer to both those volunteers who are not employees by SUSE, and those who are. We greatly appreciate all of the work they do, and do not feel the current situation reflects badly on the work they've been doing. But regardless of that excellent work, the status quo is not acceptable. In the case of connect.o.o, the Heroes threat of shutting down the Projects members database & voting platform is unacceptable given it is a key part of the Projects infrastructure - the Project as it is currently founded cannot function without it, just as it couldn't function without OBS. Who created the server in the past, who was responsible, is immaterial, the server exists, the project needs it, and we need to find a solution to it. And we need that solution by 3 weeks ago because we should have a new Board by now. It is from this position we are discussing the situation with SUSE Management, in the hope that they can provide help & resources to alter that status quo, regarding connect and all of the other infrastructure problems we are currently facing. with kind regards, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org