[maemo-community] maemo.org paid contributors (was Re: Monthly Sprint Proposal)

[From: Tim]

Again, you're right that you initiated the conversation, but this was my 
response:

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I don't know if this helps at all, but I'll assume that you understand
what I'm getting at. I'll bet Maemodom would appreciate you outlining
some sort of loose work structure and sending it to the community List.
If you do, though, be prepared for argument, but also be prepared to
either ignore or challenge what people say... I, as part of the Council,
trust you to make these decisions, so (at least) I will back you up.
Hopefully, the rest of 'em will to. If there are larger issues that
arise, we can always have an impromtu IRC meeting to sort things out.
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That being said (and private conversations out in the public), I hope 
this remains public.

Paraphrasing from another email to Jeremiah: No one trying to garner 
lordship over anyone. There is just confusion as to how the Council is 
supposed to work -- with good right.

Tim



Jeremiah Foster wrote:
> On Apr 8, 2009, at 15:10, Tim wrote:
>> I disagree. In fact, I've asked you (twice now) to send a statement of
>> your own roles/responsibilities to the community for review and
>> discussion. I still haven't seen it.
>>
>> I'm not saying that I think you are doing poorly -- from what I've
>> seen,
>> I think you are doing a great job -- but what Alan is doing is what I
>> have asked you to do. (Two way street?)
>
> Umm, I initiated that discussion with you, not the other way around,
> remember? I have pasted the email in case you have forgotten.
>
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> March 2nd, 2009
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> Just wanted to drop you a quick not about the focus for the debmaster.
>
> I realize this discussion might be better had on community forums, I
> wanted to start it here in case all aspects of this discussion was not
> ready for the community lists at the moment.
>
> I see three technical areas, generally speaking, for the debmaster.
>
> 	1. Creating packages for maemo
> 	2. Maintaing tools for packaging and policy for packaging
> 	3. Helping, along with the webmaster, to create healthy ecosystem of
> repositories.
>
> Obviously the debmaster ought to be hanging out in the community,
> easily accessible to help with packaging and other related tasks, but
> from that list above, what does the council feel should be a priority?
>
> Recently, Niels suggested we use a tool called dak for the
> repositories. This will take a lot of time, and I don't want the
> community to feel I am not available. I am dividing my time to allow
> for as much community contact as possible - in fact I do maemo stuff
> on the weekends because I know developers are often active then. But I
> would really like a clearer picture of where the pain is, at least
> from the council's point of view. I have got a fairly clear picture
> from the community.
>
> Thanks,
> 	
> 	Jeremiah
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