After the xz backdoor incident, I don't think it would be very wise to start allowing usernames. Not just that, anyone with a full name that cannot be tied to a real person through either public knowledge on the internet, or information privately provided to the maintainers of the project is a potential infiltrator in my eyes.
But, I think usernames should be allowed for submissions, and the submissions must be reviewed thoroughly. Becoming a maintainer or a member of the project on the other hand, must not be possible unless the person's real life identity is privately provided. Arınç On 18/06/2024 21.01, sudobash418 wrote:
Hello everyone, I am new to contributing to OpenWrt, and have recently opened a couple of PRs against the openwrt repo: - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15684 - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15695 I have authored and signed-off on each commit using my username, `sudoBash418`, as I have for all my OSS contributions in the past. At the time, the wiki page on submitting patches stated that using a "known identity" was permitted [1]. [1]: https://openwrt.org/submitting-patches?rev=1704903503#submission_guidelines However, I have since been informed that the official project policy requires a "real name", and that a known identity such as my username does not qualify [2]. The wiki has since been updated to reflect this policy. [2]: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15684#issuecomment-2172752403 I've now read through: - The history of the submitting-patches page on the OpenWrt Wiki [3] - The "Real name vs. known identity in contributions" thread on openwrt-adm, started 2023-02-27 [4] - A revival of that thread on openwrt-devel, started 2024-01-10 [5] - The "here we are again: real name 'discussion'" thread on openwrt-devel, started 2024-03-26 [6] - Numerous PRs across the OpenWrt project, including: - openwrt/openwrt#14380 ("ci: no longer require real name") [7] - openwrt/packages#23084 ("ci: no longer require real name") [8] - openwrt/packages#17993 ("[21.02] Bump yggdrasil to 0.4.3") [9] - openwrt/packages#23072 ("yggdrasil-jumper: add new package") [10] [3]: https://openwrt.org/submitting-patches?do=revisions [4]: https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-adm/2023-February/002358.html [5]: https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2024-January/042058.html [6]: https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2024-March/042472.html [7]: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/14380 [8]: https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/23084 [9]: https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/17993#issuecomment-1059783673 [10]: https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/23072#issuecomment-2023805052 As I understand it, the question of whether OpenWrt should change its policy on names to match the Linux kernel's has never been *formally* answered (via a vote), despite being raised over 15 months ago. Therefore, I would like to request that the OpenWrt committers hold a formal vote in accordance with the OpenWrt rules [11], and that they do so in a timely manner (i.e. not stalling for months without cause). [11]: https://openwrt.org/rules Thank you from hopefully a future contributor, sudoBash418 _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
_______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
