Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
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Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Linux Foundation IT services plans for the GNU Toolchain include Git repositories, mailing lists, issue tracking, web sites, and CI/CD, implemented with strong authentication, attestation, and security posture. Utilizing the experience and infrastructure of the LF IT team that is already used by the Linux kernel community will provide the most effective solution and best experience for the GNU Toolchain developer community.
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Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 14:31 UTC (Wed) by mtaht (subscriber, #11087) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 14:44 UTC (Wed) by q_q_p_p (subscriber, #131113) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 14:44 UTC (Wed) by tchernobog (subscriber, #73595) [Link]
I rather think these are people with time and means to ensure the reliability needed by a lot of critical infrastructure for the GNU project.
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 14:58 UTC (Wed) by kilobyte (subscriber, #108024) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 15:33 UTC (Wed) by atai (subscriber, #10977) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 18:04 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 19:57 UTC (Wed) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 20:47 UTC (Wed) by lkundrak (subscriber, #43452) [Link]
Not true.
There's a "People" <https://gnu.tools/en/people/> link in the navigation bar and basically every single word on that site has a real name attached to it in the site's source repository <https://git.gnu.tools/git/gnu-tools-website> linked from the footer.
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 21:26 UTC (Wed) by dullfire (subscriber, #111432) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 29, 2022 7:20 UTC (Thu) by lkundrak (subscriber, #43452) [Link]
The date you picked is pretty much when it was created.
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 29, 2022 5:39 UTC (Thu) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 17:10 UTC (Wed) by mdolan (subscriber, #104340) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 18:58 UTC (Wed) by mtaht (subscriber, #11087) [Link]
One of my concerns is actually technical. I've been concerned about the increasing amount of centralization and monoculture and the cloud, especially in an age where a new spectre like attack is discovered every year. This paper has been on my mind, a lot: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_...
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 19:54 UTC (Wed) by IanKelling (subscriber, #89418) [Link]
No it isn't. http://vger.kernel.org/ says it running Majordomo which is not free software according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majordomo_(software). 2 links from that page is a link to a small proprietary perl program it is running as a service. I assume is also running on a server with a nonfree BIOS, maybe a BMC or similar system.
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 20:02 UTC (Wed) by IanKelling (subscriber, #89418) [Link]
Fixing the link: Majordomo wikipedia
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 20:14 UTC (Wed) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]
Majordomo 2 (ie what anyone is actually using as the original majordomo hasn't seen a release in over two decades) looks like it uses a variation of the BSD-style license with a more extensive advertising clause.
Here's an online copy: https://github.com/millert/majordomo/blob/master/LICENSE
As for picking nits with servers running non-free BIOSes.. Their internet connection (and everything between them and your premises) also runs on non-free firmware. I wish you the best of luck communicating with nobody.
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 20:14 UTC (Wed) by mjw (subscriber, #16740) [Link]
BTW, I haven't seen any evidence of conspiracy theories. The LF involvement was kept secret for a long period of time, and details provided to sourceware maintainers (and the wider communities of sourceware's guest projects) were hazy. It also didn't help that communication with the LF apparently had to be done through a proprietary groups.io server and not having a free software video platform available. But the more public the plans are, the less opportunity for speculation and misunderstandings.
I've worked with SFC on a number of different things over the years; they just aren't the kind of people that spread conspiracy theories.
They have been really helpful to the sourceware community in the recent discussions:
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/overseers/2022q3/018867....
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/overseers/2022q3/018824....
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/overseers/2022q3/018894....
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 20:34 UTC (Wed) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]
I have seen people who favor the sfc plan express that the mode of secret preparation feels like a conspiracy, sometimes in a hostile way.
I just think if you believe that is the source of the view, you should address it directly, and otherwise probably leave it alone.
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 21:00 UTC (Wed) by josh (subscriber, #17465) [Link]
This kind of baseless accusation has no place here. Random uninformed comments do not constitute a conspiracy against you.
The team maintaining kernel.org is certainly a group of folks whose skill and integrity are well-established and respected.
Concrete questions to aid in transparency: are LF's services (specifically, the services of that team) tied to any other aspect of a relationship with LF, or could LF's services be provided to a project that maintains its funds and other assets elsewhere?
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 22:02 UTC (Wed) by zoe (subscriber, #161219) [Link]
The issue at hand is how to move forward with important parts of the GNU Project. This decision should be made for the sake of the GNU Project's goal of liberating users and its moral principles of freedom and community. More discussion is needed on the details of this proposal, as well as transparency as to all the proposed arrangements.
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 22:15 UTC (Wed) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 22:25 UTC (Wed) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]
Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
Posted Sep 28, 2022 23:48 UTC (Wed) by jsm28 (subscriber, #104141) [Link]
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