16:00:16 #startmeeting FAmSCo 2014-09-02 16:00:16 Meeting started Tue Sep 2 16:00:16 2014 UTC. The chair is sesivany. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 16:00:16 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 16:00:18 #meetingname famsco 16:00:18 The meeting name has been set to 'famsco' 16:00:21 #topic Roll Call 16:00:26 .fas eischmann 16:00:28 sesivany: eischmann 'Jiri Eischmann' 16:00:28 .fas yn1v 16:00:30 yn1v: yn1v 'Neville A. Cross' 16:00:35 robyduck: ping 16:01:56 masta: ping 16:02:16 .fac cwickert 16:02:19 .fas cwickert 16:02:20 #info Tuanta sent regrets 16:02:20 cwickert: cwickert 'Christoph Wickert' 16:03:31 let's wait for a few more minutes... 16:04:45 .fas robyduck 16:04:46 robyduck: robyduck 'Robert Mayr' 16:04:57 great, we have a quorum. 16:05:10 #topic Inactive Ambassadors 16:05:25 this is a topic you started last week. 16:05:41 cwickert: did you get in touch with kital? AFAIK he's on holidays. 16:05:59 sesivany: yes, I think he is 16:06:55 cwickert: ok 16:07:08 so we should postpone this topic 16:07:22 IMHO that paragraph is not aligned with what we agreed on and promised to the community. 16:07:32 sesivany: big +1 16:07:42 sesivany: which paragraph 16:07:43 this was done with a different usecase in mind 16:07:47 we said no one would be removed completely after being flagged inactive. 16:07:55 robyduck: revoking group membeship etc 16:07:56 aha, yes 16:08:48 so using this paragraph to remove people who've been flagged inactive looks like a mean trick. 16:09:01 but let's wait for kital's clarification. 16:09:21 the usecase I put into the paragraph is what we promised, it's just hitting the paragraph before, right? 16:10:18 robyduck: do you have a link at hand again? 16:10:30 was just searching it right now... 16:10:48 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/MembershipService#Inactive_Ambassadors 16:10:55 robyduck: yeah, we just need to clarify that the process for removing ambassadors is not used after flagging them inactive. 16:11:16 ok, let's hear first kital then 16:11:37 this is a problem: FAS Account is inactive longer than 6 month 16:11:56 +1 16:11:57 this effectively means we automatically remove them after 24 months. 16:12:13 which is not what we promised. 16:12:51 I am no 100% but I remember that fas accounts are not deleted 16:13:04 not deleted 16:13:06 do you have an idea what "Mentor no longer supports his Mentee" means? 16:13:30 does it mean that if you ever mentor someone you can always take the membership from him/her? 16:13:34 yn1v: we can't delete FAS accounts. They would loose membership 16:14:02 in the other hand we are setting only ambassador status, not the whole account. Or I got this wrong? 16:14:03 sesivany: I don't get this point too 16:14:28 if it's been written by kital we really need to wait for him to clarify it. 16:15:20 #info FAmSCo will wait for kital to return from holidays to clarify Removal Process for Ambassador's Membership. 16:15:42 anything else to this topic? 16:15:57 from me not 16:16:33 ok, do you have any other topic to discuss before I start a topic which I think is important? 16:16:48 * cwickert is a bit busy, so please go ahead 16:17:02 we have the ticket for moodoo 16:17:25 and also mentoring process 16:18:01 robyduck: which one is the one from moodoo? 16:18:02 robyduck: that's Paul Mellors? 16:18:09 yep sesivany 16:18:21 I don't see it at https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/report/9 16:18:31 #topic Paul Mellor to become a mentor again 16:18:32 .famsco 367 16:18:32 https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/367 16:19:03 cwickert: I also went out this ticket to the mentors list 16:19:20 then please document the feedback in the ticket 16:19:21 but nobody, except Zoltan, replied 16:19:30 robyduck: yeah, it didn't get a lot of attention there. 16:19:35 so I'd say: no feedback 16:20:14 is the list dead? https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/mentors/ doesn't list anything in the last 4 months 16:20:27 it's fama-mentors IIRC 16:20:29 this is why I think FAmSCo should vote about new mentors because we meet on a regular basis and we can actually make a decision. 16:20:48 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fama-mentors/2014-September/000055.html 16:21:00 sesivany: +1 16:21:35 robyduck: I think you should not have written "if you don't reply" 16:21:40 staying on the actual attention/votes between mentors, the ticket should be rejected, so I'm in favour of what you're saying sesivany 16:21:58 because we don't know who wants to reject or who is just lazy 16:22:10 I think we really should record the votes somehow 16:22:57 please have a look at https://fedorahosted.org/packager-sponsors/ticket/144 16:23:13 this is how we do it with sponsors: nice and clean and quick 16:23:22 cwickert: well, I wrote that because we need votes there, and a non-vote is a -1 IMHO 16:23:52 * robyduck looks 16:24:05 so, the lack of responses can mean two things 16:24:07 actually 3 16:24:11 1. people are lazy 16:24:20 2. people don't want him as mentor 16:24:30 3. our process does not work 16:24:41 cwickert: +1 16:24:50 4 = 1+3 16:24:52 so is it our process or is it the mentors being inactive? 16:25:22 maybe we should ask the mentors what they need? what process fits them best? 16:26:11 cwickert: I haven't voted because I haven't gotten to that. But even if I'm busy I kick myself to attend the meeting which is why it's better to vote about it at meetings. It's quicker and cleaner. 16:26:48 sesivany: do the mentors meet regularly? 16:27:04 we also need to describe this much better and get it out clear to all mentors what the process of new mentors is. 16:27:07 not that I am aware of any meeting 16:27:17 cwickert: no, my opinion is that FamSCo should vote about that because FAmSCo meets regularly. 16:27:18 sesivany: so what meeting are you talking about? 16:27:22 no there arenìt any meetings 16:27:48 mentors don't and votings will IMHO tend to end up like this one. 16:28:08 I am a bit clueless here 16:28:32 I mean, how did the mentors previously handle the process? 16:28:56 I recall we appointed some new mentors at FUDCon Paris with a ticket in famsco trac 16:29:12 cwickert: so do I. 16:29:21 we had some mentors and some famsco people there, so we could just raise hands 16:29:35 the ticket was only for documentation 16:29:54 and this is what we really need. we need to make sure we know who became a mentor when 16:30:05 cwickert: yes, you did so, and you did it as FAmSCo member. So the process was that mentors (or a FAmSCo member) can propose new mentors, these need to be appointed by FAmSCo voting. 16:30:31 cwickert: that's why my proposal for the formal process was: 1. nomination by a mentor, 2. voted and appointed by FAmSCo, that's it, clear and quick. 16:31:26 so, the mentor get the feedback from region when he/she ask for a new mentor 16:31:58 yn1v: but that would be the ambassadors, not the mentors 16:32:33 I mean in #1 nomination by mentor ... 16:32:58 the mentor has to build the case, with the request from ambassadors and the feedback from region 16:33:14 sesivany: I generally think that we should try to make decisions on the lowest level. The mentors are a sub-group of the ambassadors and famsco is the head. so for me it is clear that first the mentors need to agree, and if an individual mentor can nominate someone, we cannot be sure the others are find with this 16:34:34 cwickert: yeah, but I'm not sure that mentors is a group that is used to making decisions. Looks like most of them just don't care or don't have a time for it. 16:34:47 cwickert: how would you let mentors agree? In a ticket? Or would it end up as now with moodoo? 16:34:57 moreover FAmSCo usually consists of mentors and representatives of regions. 16:35:30 there is no formal process, it end up by famsco validating what a region request 16:35:50 robyduck: I don't care about the tool, it can be a meeting with meeting minutes, a mailing list, a ticket, whatever, as long as it is documented 16:36:14 and as long people vote there :/ 16:36:28 yn1v: can you please elaborate your proposal? or better: document it in the ticket, step by step? 16:36:49 sure 16:36:53 I made a proposal in the ticket and we have discussed it, but have not come to a conclusion 16:37:12 it seems that my proposal does not work, as the case of moodoo illustrates 16:37:41 I think the logical step is to collect proposals in the ticket instead of discussing this over and over again here in the meetings 16:38:02 cwickert: do you have a link to it? 16:38:15 cwickert: or perhaps we need just to describe your proposal clearly and make sure it will get out to all mentors? 16:38:25 but I think I've already written mine there. 16:38:27 https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/366 16:39:29 robyduck: I'm sorry, I cannot follow. my proposal is in the ticket and I have explained it several times. what else can I do? 16:39:52 please note I am not a mentor and therefor not on the mentors list 16:39:59 cwickert: no, I'm not saying that. 16:40:03 therefor I cannot bring up the topic there 16:40:39 so someone from famsco needs to reach out to the mentors and explain them what we are doing and why we are doing it 16:40:54 If we agree on that maybe we need to write it clearly in a wiki page and comunicate this new process to all mentors. Maybe they will be more active when asked for votes? 16:40:55 have we even gathered any feedback on the proposal from mentors? I think we tried, but no response :/ 16:41:11 sesivany: indeed 16:41:38 robyduck: we haven't even voted about, so we can't really put it on the wiki. 16:41:39 big +1 16:41:49 rgh 16:41:56 are we running in circles? 16:41:59 yep 16:42:02 :) 16:42:11 so who wanted to bring this up? tuanta? 16:42:15 vicious circles :) 16:42:21 yes tuanta 16:42:42 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fama-mentors/2014-July/000046.html 16:42:53 he actually did, but with little feedback 16:42:58 I will give it another try 16:43:17 #action cwickert to reach out to the mentors list again with our propsal 16:43:43 I have to said that I have been not active lately as a mentor. But I see the process to become a mentor a very informal and without structure 16:43:43 the question is: what suggestions should I make? 16:44:12 every time is a case by case scenario, not taking into account previous processes 16:45:05 we should clearly ask mentors if they even want to make such decisions. If not, and are ok with delegating it to famsco I'd rather make the voting in famsco. 16:45:28 i suggest to bring attention from mentor by direct email 16:45:40 because I still think that mentors is not a group designed and used to making decisions. 16:45:43 ok, I will try 16:45:51 and there we can move the conversation to the mailing list 16:45:52 sesivany: fair enough, 16:46:04 sesivany: yes, good point 16:46:13 if they don't want to make this decision, we are not forcing them 16:46:22 ok, anything else on this? 16:46:31 or back to Paul? 16:46:38 yep 16:46:38 or continue with something different? 16:46:44 * lbazan here 16:47:03 cwickert: not sure if we can proceed with it now though :/ 16:47:04 * cwickert is a bit under pressure and thinks we should hurry. sesivany has something important he says 16:47:33 * lbazan sorry for the delay! 16:47:44 should we postpone it to the next week? 16:47:49 sesivany: well, if we followed the old/current process, we can. A single mentor is enough to nominate somebody, so we just need to confirm him 16:47:50 robyduck: or is it urgent? 16:47:54 sesivany: we should or vote or postpone the ticket 16:47:59 not I don't think so 16:48:04 cwickert: ok then 16:48:05 no* 16:48:12 let's move on 16:48:15 ok 16:48:30 postponing to the next meeting then? 16:48:31 #agreed postpone #367 until we have more feedback from mentors 16:48:38 ok 16:48:58 I'd like us to discuss this: 16:49:06 #topic F21 media 16:49:27 we need to decide what kind of media we want to ship for F21. 16:49:43 because this is highly affected by Fedora.Next. 16:49:51 we now have the products. 16:50:22 we have historically produced Multidesktop Live DVD in most regions. 16:51:00 another question is if we want to try a different type of media, because DVDs are slowly dying. 16:51:17 any opinions on that? 16:51:40 I think it's clear that the cloud product is out of question for this kind of distribution. 16:52:04 I'm still +1 for DVDs (costs less, big storage) 16:52:15 Workstation is what we probably want to distribute for sure, and Server? 16:52:23 sesivany: did you attend my talk at FLOCK? 16:52:50 cwickert: which one? 16:52:54 * robyduck needs to watch the video... 16:52:58 sesivany: "Fate of spins" 16:53:10 we discussed exactly this question 16:53:15 cwickert: I had to leave both of them earlier because of organizational stuff :-/ 16:53:32 ok, I think we want the multi-desktop DVD 16:53:52 only that Fedora Live is replaced with the Fedora Workstation 16:54:02 we need to check if there is still sufficient space 16:54:07 cwickert: +1 16:54:20 and if not, I am happy to drop sugar or so 16:54:35 or maybe even LXDE 16:54:42 * cwickert will make some tests 16:55:01 cwickert: but it kinda contradicts the whole idea because you pretty much lose a clear product if you mix it with all kinds of others spins. 16:55:26 sesivany: the alternative is to only ship workstation and server 16:55:37 cwickert: I'm by no means against other flavors of Fedora, just saying the whole product message gets lost with the multidesktop DVD. 16:55:39 and both are too big for a CD I think 16:55:52 so in the end, we are wasting a lot of space 16:56:09 or we would have one server + workstation DVD 16:56:31 maybe better together 16:56:35 I agree with both ... it dilute the product messaage and it is a waste of space 16:56:42 but CLoud? 16:56:48 robyduck: that's what I wanted to say 16:56:55 cwickert: I understand that from a technical point of view multidesktop DVD is the most economical solution, but it is also about branding and marketing. 16:56:55 yn1v: +1 16:56:55 robyduck: no cloud. 16:56:59 I mean, we need to be equal 16:57:23 robyduck: there is no usecase for a cloud image on an iso. it will not even work I'm afraid 16:57:26 if we exclude cloud we are saying cloud is less important, don't we? 16:57:32 does anyone install a server OS from a DVD? 16:57:33 ok 16:57:40 it's not like there is a live version of the cloud, this is for deployments only 16:57:43 cwickert: then it's fine 16:58:02 * masta looks in 16:58:04 robyduck: I don't think anyone ever installs an OS in the cloud from a DVD. 16:58:08 hello, sry I'm late 16:58:12 so a multi-DVD workstation+server 16:58:21 it was said so in flock, cloud product is no deliverable by media 16:58:26 sesivany: I think so, but I don't know how frequent this is 16:58:55 sesivany: I use images in my case ... 16:58:56 In regions with bad internet, servers are installed from DVD 16:58:57 robyduck: I can give that a try 16:59:01 yn1v: +1 16:59:02 yn1v: +1 16:59:08 cwickert: cool 16:59:20 ok, server then makes sense. 16:59:41 ok, I will make test composes for one multi with server and workstation and one for workstation + desktop spins. lets see where we end up space-wise 16:59:50 cwickert: actually both images are about 3.2-3.3 GB 16:59:56 uh 17:00:00 * cwickert looks 17:00:09 I also think this is not a discussion only for us, we should reach to the particular working groups. I think they may know better how their products are used. 17:00:18 I know it because I upadted stg website with the image sizes 17:00:55 robyduck: where is that page? 17:01:00 I think that also we should reach marketing to see what they think about the products 17:01:07 if the server working group says: neh, we don't need the server product on a DVD, then I think we should consider it. 17:01:33 yn1v: yes, marketing group and working groups was what I had in mind. 17:02:09 right, let's get back to marketing for a moment 17:02:23 I think we should look at this from a marketing perspective 17:02:38 and I think sesivany brought up an important point 17:03:00 Fedora.next is something new and we should underline that message with the media we distribure 17:03:05 distribute* 17:03:07 the question to server working group is to know what the see as deliverable for their product 17:03:23 yn1v: I can ask Steven 17:03:24 *they see 17:03:33 cwickert: +1 17:03:44 I'm pretty sure they asked releng to produce a dvd 17:03:53 server-wg 17:04:08 the workstation group wanted only usb stick, which really means a dvd also 17:04:23 ok, dowloading the images 17:04:43 robyduck: where was the website with the image sizes? 17:04:43 :) 17:04:49 masta: I spoke with Christian and they would prefer usb sticks to DVDs, but the question is if it's economically viable. 17:05:01 sesivany: nope, it is not 17:05:04 https://stg.fedoraproject.org/en/get-prerelease 17:05:29 sesivany: usb-stick actually entails a DVD image, which is all the usb actually is... so it's silly. 17:05:30 Image sizes are just under the download button for server and workstation 17:05:30 cwickert: I'm checking the prices and unfortunately usb sticks are still 10x more expensive than DVDs :-/ 17:05:31 sesivany: as I am part of the WG, I can bring this topic up. This will allow me at least to do something positive ;) 17:05:55 sesivany: producing DVD is much cheaper than usb, but the usb is better swag. 17:07:01 there is any metric about how many 32bit computers have more that the minimal ram requirement? 17:07:15 the problem with DVDs I see is that I have a feeling that most people in EMEA take them just to have something memorable, or add it to their collection. How many of you have installed Fedora from a DVD recently? Most new laptops don't even have the DVD drive. 17:07:42 cwickert: please bring it up there. 17:07:59 sesivany: agree, DVD media is on a gradual decline. 17:08:11 If I install at home I use a DVD, but use net install at the office ... it is a network based decision 17:08:24 even if DVDs are on the decline, I consider it the only option 17:08:27 so DVDs are still much much cheaper, but the question is if they still serve the fuction: being an installation media. 17:08:42 actual DVD media, the iso9660 format is still very strong, and we still have to produce the ISO files.... but we can choose to not produce a mutli-desktop or whatever 17:09:02 I mean, if we are complaining that people just take the DVDs to have something in their hands, even if they don't need it, they will take the USB keys for sure. 17:09:13 and probably wipe and reuse them 17:09:15 :( 17:09:25 cwickert: that is a negative, yes. 17:10:05 cwickert: there is one more option: to have usb-stick creator machines. You bring your own stick and leave with Fedora on it. 17:10:11 or is that really negative, the Fedroa branding is still there... and if the USB is soooo small that it is not useful except as Fedora install medium... say 4 GiB 17:10:34 cwickert: was it openSUSE who had such a machine? 17:11:15 sesivany: we have such a machine in NA, expensive. Such a machine could be setup as a kiosk and made from a cheap laptop. 17:11:35 great idea 17:11:38 I see having a machine as a good option for Europe or USA, but dealing with customs for a temporary import will be a pain 17:11:55 sesivany: well, they have studio, which is where you can build your own distro and burn it do disk 17:12:02 yn1v: +1 17:12:07 yn1v: I think in LATAM and APAC DVDs are still important and relevant. 17:12:20 but people are not into the idea of bring a keychain of usb sticks and walk away with Linux distro. Better to provide them until we reach the day people know to bring their own. 17:12:21 sesivany: +1 17:12:21 we did have image burning stations and the feedback was not very positive 17:12:39 people did not want to wait 3 minutes for their stick to be ready 17:12:50 indeed, that's true 17:12:58 sesivany, and Africa 17:13:03 cwickert: ok, it was just an idea, let's drop it. 17:13:47 so what's the conclusion? We should ask the server working group if they want the product on DVD 17:13:52 right 17:14:05 anyone in the server working group? 17:14:09 we should still investigate regional suppliers of cheap 4 GiB usb sticks in each of the regions. 17:14:16 and ask marketing their view on multi desktop 17:14:19 prices only go down. 17:14:25 sesivany: we can still try it, but we need some kind of cool hardware to attract people ;) 17:14:33 sesivany: I will ask server as well 17:14:45 cwickert: thanks a lot! 17:14:58 #action cwickert to ask both Server and Workstation WG for their input on media for distribution 17:15:22 who is active in marketing? 17:15:34 yn1v: me, I can bring it up there. 17:15:41 ok, I need to run now. I'll leave my laptop in the office downloading F21 alpha TC5 all night 17:16:03 thanks cwickert 17:16:14 #action sesivany to ask the marketing group about their opinion on F21 media 17:16:22 thanks sesivany 17:16:38 ok, I think we're done today anyway. 17:16:53 btw: I really want to look at this from a marketing perspective. maybe we can still make an "alternative DVD" for the desktops, but I want the strong message out 17:17:04 and focus on the products 17:17:56 disclaimer: some contributors and users might be pissed, but I think we have to do it, at least for F21. if it turns out to be a disaster, we can go back for F22 17:18:05 cwickert: that's exactly my opinion. We need to have clear product media, but if there is enough interest and demand we can produce "Other flavors of Fedora" kind of media. 17:18:15 +1 17:18:38 +1 17:18:46 it will be more expensive than producing one media, but IMHO worth it. 17:19:28 ok, I think everything has been said, we're over time. 17:19:55 thank you for coming today and meet you next week! 17:20:01 #endmeeting