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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