Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Community Call - Beyond DPDK 2.0

["O'Driscoll, Tim" <tim.o'driscoll@intel.com>]

Thanks to all who attended and contributed to yesterday's discussion. For the benefit of those who couldn't attend, here's a brief summary of what was covered. Please feel free to point out any errors or omissions.

Decision Making
- There was a discussion on whether we need a Technical Steering Committee or similar decision-making forum. The scope would be to make long-term, strategic decisions and to provide a resolution for issues that do not reach a consensus on the mailing list.
- Some felt that this was a good idea and would help to reach a timely conclusion on contentious issues. Others felt that these issues should be resolved on the mailing list and/or by the Maintainer.

Github
- There was some discussion on the merits of github. As with the mailing list discussion on this, some were in favour and some against.
- Nothing is stopping people using github today and then submitting pull requests. 

DPDK Industry Representation
- At the moment, we don't have any project-level DPDK entity or budget that would ensure DPDK representation at relevant events. It's left to individual contributors to do this.

Independent Ownership
- It was suggested that it would be better to have independent community ownership of the DPDK project.
- The argument against this is that the ownership of the infrastructure (website, git repo) is not important and can be easily cloned if required.

Next Steps
- The conclusion was to have further discussion on the mailing list, and possibly schedule a follow-up call in 2-3 weeks.


Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of O'Driscoll, Tim
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:35 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK Community Call - Beyond DPDK 2.0
> 
> This is just a reminder that this call is on tomorrow, at the following
> times, which is just under 24 hours from now.
> 
> Dublin (Ireland) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 4:00:00 PM IST UTC+1 hour
> San Francisco (U.S.A. - California) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:00:00
> AM PDT UTC-7 hours
> Phoenix (U.S.A. - Arizona) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:00:00 AM MST
> UTC-7 hours
> Boston (U.S.A. - Massachusetts) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 11:00:00 AM
> EDT UTC-4 hours
> New York (U.S.A. - New York) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 11:00:00 AM EDT
> UTC-4 hours
> Ottawa (Canada - Ontario) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 11:00:00 AM EDT
> UTC-4 hours
> London (United Kingdom - England) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 4:00:00 PM
> BST UTC+1 hour
> Paris (France) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 5:00:00 PM CEST UTC+2 hours
> Tel Aviv (Israel) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 6:00:00 PM IDT UTC+3 hours
> Moscow (Russia) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 6:00:00 PM MSK UTC+3 hours
> New Delhi (India - Delhi) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:30:00 PM IST
> UTC+5:30 hours
> Shanghai (China - Shanghai Municipality) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at
> 11:00:00 PM CST
> UTC+8 hours Corresponding UTC (GMT) Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 15:00:00
> 
> 
> It would be good to have as much representation as possible from DPDK
> contributors and users, so that the discussion reflects the views and
> needs of the community.
> 
> 
> Tim
> 
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of O'Driscoll, Tim
> >
> > > From: Dave Neary [mailto:dneary@redhat.com]
> > >
> > > When were you thinking of having the call?
> >
> > I put the day and time at the end of the email, but it probably should
> > have been at the start! Apologies that this wasn't clear.
> >
> > Dublin (Ireland) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 4:00:00 PM IST UTC+1 hour
> > San Francisco (U.S.A. - California) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:00:00
> > AM PDT UTC-7 hours
> > Phoenix (U.S.A. - Arizona) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:00:00 AM MST
> > UTC-7 hours
> > Boston (U.S.A. - Massachusetts) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 11:00:00 AM
> > EDT UTC-4 hours
> > New York (U.S.A. - New York) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 11:00:00 AM
> EDT
> > UTC-4 hours
> > Ottawa (Canada - Ontario) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 11:00:00 AM EDT
> > UTC-4 hours
> > London (United Kingdom - England) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 4:00:00
> PM
> > BST UTC+1 hour
> > Paris (France) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 5:00:00 PM CEST UTC+2 hours
> > Tel Aviv (Israel) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 6:00:00 PM IDT UTC+3
> hours
> > Moscow (Russia) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 6:00:00 PM MSK UTC+3 hours
> > New Delhi (India - Delhi) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:30:00 PM IST
> > UTC+5:30 hours
> > Shanghai (China - Shanghai Municipality) - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at
> > 11:00:00 PM CST
> > UTC+8 hours Corresponding UTC (GMT) Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 15:00:00
> >
> > > It's not been explicit, but can I assume that this call will also be
> > > promoted among potential supporters of the project who may not be on
> > > this list? I would be interested to get the perspective from the
> > people
> > > who are perhaps not developers who decide whether their organization
> > > engages strategically with a project or not.
> >
> > I think this is a great idea. Anybody should feel free to pass this on
> > to other interested parties. If we have more contributors to the
> > discussion then the output should be more representative of current
> and
> > future community needs.
> >
> >
> > Tim