Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> skribis: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 01:33:05PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: >> l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >> > The real question is about our commitment to contribute back. >> > Presumably only one or two of us would be on that list, so they would >> > largely have that responsibility individually, even if the rest of us >> > could of course help out as far as the embargo etc. permits. >> > >> > Long story short, I would be super happy if you or Mark were on that >> > list. >> > >> > How do you feel about it? >> >> It might be that joining linux-distros is the right thing to do, but I >> don't have the spare capacity to contribute back at this time. Also, I >> have mixed feelings about promising to keep security flaws a secret for >> however long I'm asked to do so (which apparently exceeded the time >> specified in the mailing list rules for Stack Clash). I'm not yet >> prepared to make such a promise. > > I also don't have the time to contribute back to the linux-distros list > at the level required in the list membership criteria. > > The work I do for Guix is my best effort and I think it's understood > that, as a volunteer, there will be times when I am unavailable. My > job's schedule is irregular and has to take precedence. > > On the other hand, it seems like the linux-distros mailing list > community is trying to formally assign tasks for members to fulfill for > the benefit of their community. > > Currently, I can't commit to doing any task by myself for the entire > Linux distro community. Also, I don't think there is anybody on the list > who knows me and could vouch for me alone. > > If there were another Guix member who could split the task, and had > someone to vouch for them, that could make it possible. But based on the > replies in the last 10 days, it doesn't seem to be the case.
There’s a handful of Guix contributors who’ve been active on security fixes, so it would be great if one of them could team up with you! Ludo’.