Re: Volunteers for GNU and GNU management [Was: Re: Subprojects in Savannah]

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2020 at 10:26 PM
> From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>
> To: "Luis Falcon" <falcon@gnuhealth.org>
> Cc: dimech@gmx.com, savannah-hackers@gnu.org, bandali@gnu.org, bob@proulx.com
> Subject: Re: Volunteers for GNU and GNU management [Was: Re: Subprojects in 
> Savannah]
>
> I think there is little point in continuing to discuss how you think
> Savannah is run, it is up to the Savannah hackers how they decide what
> they wish to work on, or not.  You can call this "wrong" or a
> "mistake" -- but it doesn't change the way how the GNU project works.

Because Savannah is the central point for development, maintenance and 
distribution of
official GNU software, this changes things somewhat - making "let people decide 
what
they wish to work on" problematic, to say the least.  In professional settings, 
it is
absurd.  Yet some people boast that "A Gnu System today runs the computing 
needs of
the International Space Station".

>    Moving forward, I propose that each official GNU project becomes a
>    volunteer entity, providing one or more volunteers for GNU.
>
> I suggest you take some time an read about the sturcture and
> organization of the GNU porject
> (https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-structure.en.html).  This is what GNU
> maintainers already do, and there is the GNU Volunteer Coordinate
> team, the GNU Advisory Committeeommietee, etc etc.
>
>