Linux 4.19

``` The initial Code of Conduct Committee consists of volunteer members of the TAB, as well as a professional mediator acting as a neutral third party. The first task of the committee is to establish documented processes, which will be made public. ```

``` Any decisions by the committee will be brought to the TAB, for implementation of enforcement with the relevant maintainers if needed. A decision by the Code of Conduct Committee can be overturned by the TAB by a two-thirds vote. ```

Ultimately this tempers the worries of many about the C-o-C resulting in a tool used by those with politically charged agendas.

Re: Linux 4.19

#5

Post by jedberg » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:42 AM UTC

I've read a few things about the latest happenings with regards to Linus and the kernel, but I feel like I'm missing something here. Can someone summarize for me, or point me at a good summary?

Edit: Who is Greg KH and why is this significant and what is the relationship between Greg KH and Linus (and the community)?

Re: Linux 4.19

#6

Post by heybrendan » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:44 AM UTC

pjf wrote: post #2

See summary at https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.19

Linux Kernel Newbies is certainly a great resource.

The more interesting component this cycle is the fact that the release notes were written by Greg KH--worth the read in my opinion.

Re: Linux 4.19

#7

Post by comesee » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:51 AM UTC

CoC assumes contributions are primarily due to the conduct of the community and not the intellect/interest of the contributor. The quality of a community isn't primarily measured by its conduct but rather its accomplishments.

Re: Linux 4.19

#8

Post by rwmj » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:51 AM UTC

The first version which boots on RISC-V hardware (and QEMU) out of the box. Previous versions needed out of tree patches[1] for essential IRQ and device driver support. Excellent work by many people getting these upstream.

[1] https://github.com/riscv/riscv-linux

Re: Linux 4.19

#9

Post by metildaa » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:52 AM UTC

Linus may have been sincere in his writing, people saw him as this verbally abusive boogeyman who would tear people apart, which led him to become that type of person more and more.

The embrace and extend going on over in Redmond right now is threatening though, what better time to use your clout and power over a competitors org (that your a member of now) than when you have forked what depended on their software, extended it to work on your platform, and now want to take the wind out of their sails.

The recent reaction from Valve is telling, I think Gabe is fearful about the current state of affairs. We really don't know all the pieces of this puzzle though, so best to watch our backs. Avoid vendor lock-in, its the devil.

Re: Linux 4.19

#10

Post by valvar » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:53 AM UTC

intsunny wrote: post #4

I think the code of conduct stuff worked out well in the end, especially as cooler heads prevailed. In the `code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst` document they write: ``` The initial Code of Conduct Committee consists of volunteer members of the TAB, as well as a professional mediator acting as a neutral third party. The first task of the committee is to establish documented processes, which will be made public. ``` ``…

Is it a worry, rather than simply being crass, when the author of the CoC herself has said that it is indeed a political document[1]?

[1] https://twitter.com/CoralineAda/status/1041465346656530432