Meeting Minutes - Office Hours for CTI - 2026-08-28

[Zack Weinberg]

On Fri, Sep 4, 2026, at 12:04 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> so here's the thing: Because both sourceware and LF have vocal groups who
> don't trust them, I don't think distrust of sourceware, by itself, can
> possibly produce consensus for a move *to* LF hosting.  So we have to go
> back to the "other concerns", and that's the stuff that has not actually
> been discussed on libc-alpha.  If you think it will help, I'd be willing to
> agree that we *cannot reach consensus* on which organization is a better
> long-term steward, therefore when you start the discussion over from
> scratch, that particular aspect of the issue does not need to be revisited.

... however, personally, I would tend to take a lack of consensus on
which organization is a better long-term steward as a concrete reason
*not* to make the move, because "the LF *might* be better long-term"
cannot justify the switching costs.

zw