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.
>
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