Hi Alex, On Monday 31 Oct 2016 08:50:53 Alex Elder wrote: > The Greybus kernel code, developed as part of Google's Project Ara, > is in the upstream Linux kernel tree (under drivers/staging). The > cancellation of that project makes the future for Greybus a bit less > certain. There is interest among the core developers of Greybus > (and others) to do what we can to preserve the value of the Greybus > implementation for use beyond its original target platform. For > that to have any chance of success, we need to establish some > organization, and basically form a community of developers and > interested parties. > > I'm proposing below a few things, which I'll implement this week > unless I hear people express strong opposition (or clearly better > suggestions). If you have comments, please say something. > > Git repositories. Public git repositories related to Project Ara > are all hosted here: > https://github.com/projectara > At this time I see no reason to move away from this, but it would > not surprise me if we decided to host the code and documentation > somewhere else at some future date. > > Mailing List. Because the Greybus kernel code sits in the staging > tree, mail about it should go to the driver-devel mailing list > (devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx). I know that some people prefer better > mail filters rather than more mailing lists, but I think Greybus > discussion warrants a separate list. Its code spans multiple code > bases, and I think we're going to need some dedicated and ongoing > strategy and design discussions. So I'd like to create a Greybus > mailing list as a home for all Greybus-related discussion, including > patch traffic. My suggestion is to create a majordomo list: > greybus@xxxxxxxxxx > > Patchwork. In the past I have found Patchwork to be a very useful > tool in managing incoming patches. I'd like to set up a patchwork > instance for Greybus, monitoring the greybus mailing list, again > at kernel.org. I definitely second that as it doesn't involve Gerrit ;-) > Wiki page. If we want a Wiki page, we could set one up at > kernel.org. Thoughts? > > Web home page. I have secured the "greybus.org" domain, so if there > is any value in populating that page it could serve as the home page > for the project. It currently has no content. > > Are there any other important resources I've missed? Once we get > a list going (or not) I've got a few other things to talk about. > > Thanks. > > -Alex > > PS I have addressed this message to a set of interested people > whose e-mail addresses I knew; the set is definitely incomplete. > This will form the initial membership of the mailing list. If > you do not want to be on that list, or if you know others I > should include, please send me contact information by private > message. -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
