[openib-general] Re: Need for ONE OpenIB Release process that all members can agree to and that follows OpenIB Bylaws

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com>:
> Subject: Re: Need for ONE OpenIB Release process that all members can agree to and that follows OpenIB Bylaws
> 
> I think the central issue is that there is a conflation of two very
> different things: an OpenIB release, and distributions of that OpenIB
> release.  In my opinion, the correct consumers to have in my when
> thinking of the OpenIB release are the _distributors_: Red Hat,
> Novell, Debian, Ubuntu or any other vendors who feel that they can
> provide value by packaging, distributing and supporting the OpenIB release.

I second this, although since most stuff is just built with autotools,
these releases are actually sometimes useful for a power-user.

In particular, with this approach openib is distribution-agnostic which
is a very good thing.

-- 
Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies