[fab] agenda for tomorrow

[Josh Boyer]

On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 20:27 -0400, Max Spevack wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Josh Boyer wrote:
> >> * Extras sponsorship
> >>  	- Is this process smooth?  I heard some grumblings at the Summit
> >>  	- What do we need to fix?
> >
> > For those of use that weren't at the Summit, could you expand on what
> > these grumblings were please?
> 
> Just that people can't get their packages sponsored, and things sit for a 
> long time without any sort of review (either acceptance or rejection).

Ok.  I've heard those grumblings.

> 
> To some extent I agree with the logic of "the best packages will always 
> find sponsors and bubble up", but I question whether or not that process 
> is happening as quickly as it could, and if we're failing to capitalize on 
> the skills/motivation of people who are good, only because we don't 
> *realize* that they are good in a reasonable amount of time.

Yes, sure.

> 
> FESCO folks on this list: are there issues here?  what, if anything needs 
> to be done?

There are various ideas kicking around within FESCO.  Review days,
writing a tool to check for most of the "Must"s in the review list, etc.

Not that anyone would mind fresh ideas/insight on the problem, but what
is the board going to do here that FESCO can't?  In other words... is
the board meeting the right place to be having this discussion?

josh