Then who is the best person? On Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 07:11 John M. Harris Jr <joh...@splentity.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 18, 2020 10:35:26 AM MST Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It has been a pleasure for me to be a part of and help lead the > > EPEL steering committee for the last couple of years. It has not > > always been smooth sailing but I have found it an enjoyable experience. > > > > However, as you may know the Fedora project will be moving to a > > different data-center later this spring (from Phoenix to northern > > Virginia). Being involved in the planning and implementation of this > > project, I do not think that I will be able to give EPEL the time > > investment it deserve for the next 6 to 9 months. With EPEL-8 still > > ramping up and the various opportunities with modularity, I do > > not think it is a fair that EPEL suffers from this lack of time. > > > > As such, I would like to step down as chair/member of the steering > > committee and nominate Troy Dawson as my replacement. Troy formerly > > worked on Scientific Linux and has worked on OpenShift and other > > projects at Red Hat for the last several years. It is clear he has a > > good eye on the concerns and problems enterprise users have. Recently, > > Troy helped get the initial RHEL-8 and EPEL-8 out the door with > > multiple builds and updates to various macro files. > > > > Once the move is completed and the close down of the old site is done, > > I look forward to getting involved again in EPEL. > > Based on this, I'm not so sure that Troy is the best person to take that > place > within EPEL's Steering Committee. As an enterprise admin, RHEL8 has been > nothing but a nightmare to deal with because of Modularity. I know Troy > didn't > singlehandedly sign off on that nonsense, but, as he is a member of the > Modularity team, this is not a good sign for what's to come. > > -- > John M. Harris, Jr._______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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