[vote] OpenWrt Job Board

[John Crispin]

On 28.02.21 13:10, Chuanhong Guo wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 1:43 PM Paul Spooren <mail at aparcar.org> wrote:
>> Hi all, if you're a core developer, please participate in this vote.
>>
>> Context and initial mail thread here:
>> https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2021-January/033483.html
>>
>> tl;dr: People want a way to connect people developing around OpenWrt
>> with companies using OpenWrt. A "job offer" mailing list or a list of
>> job seeking developers could be created, or nothing. A vote was
>> requested during the last OpenWrt core developer meeting due to
>> different opinions.
>>
>> Vote: Should OpenWrt offer a way to connect developers and companies?
>>
>> * [a]: Yes, a moderated mailing list should be created where job
>> seeking developers (and everyone else) can subscribe and companies post
>> job offerings. All further contact happens between developer and
>> company. The OpenWrt project does not endorse anyone on the list and
>> does not handle any part of the communication after posting the offer.
>>
>> * [b]: Yes, a moderated list of job seeking developers should be
>> created on openwrt.org allowing developers with a TBD qualification,
>> e.g. 20 commits to openwrt.git, to shortly describe themselves plus a
>> contact address. The OpenWrt project does not endorse anyone on the
>> list beyond the TBD base qualification to be on the list. The OpenWrt
>> project is at no point part of the conversation or contract.
>>
>> * [c]: No, there are sufficient other possibilities to find OpenWrt
>> related jobs and "this can of worms should not be opened"[1].
>>
>> * [d]: Neutral
>>
> Option C.
> A "terms of service" will never be enough to silent every complaint
> against us on poor quality works and possible frauds happening.
> It's impossible to guarantee that no single bad person can sneak
> onto that job board and I really don't want to see openwrt being
> tagged as "irresponsible" one day just for that.
> (We should have learnt how those news media behave now from
> the previous opkg bug coverage.)
>
No

     John