here we are again: real name 'discussion'

[Felix Fietkau]

On 26.03.24 14:39, Paul D wrote:
> We have quorum/consensus on this issue. Is it too much to ask that
> everyone now follow it, or at least have this token 'vote'?

Where did you see the quorum/consensus? I looked at the links and 
couldn't find it.

> Triggered by the yggdrasil additions of recent.
> 
> https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/23072
> 
> 
> 
> Paul S amended the policy (in packages[1] and openwrt[2] repos) with an
> open discussion in PRs for Felix to then change direction via:
> 
> https://github.com/openwrt/actions-shared-workflows/commit/12d9551f2d07ec34ac813da8612c8014fb393af6
> 
> 
> with comment: "should require a public discussion/vote"

I reverted the change because:

a) It's a policy change and not a code change.
Policy changes require a vote.

b) Just because the kernel changed their interpretation of DCO 
requirements doesn't mean this automatically applies to OpenWrt 
contribution policy.

c) It's completely unclear what the new intended requirements are.
So far it has been our policy that contributions need to be signed off 
with the real name of the submitter.
If we want to change this in order to allow contributions without a real 
name attached, we need to clarify what's acceptable and what isn't.
The Kernel's "clarification" regarding this topic is *very* vague in my 
opinion. What does "known identity" even mean? Known to whom, and to 
what degree?
If somebody contributes with his GitHub handle, does that already count 
as known?

- Felix