A proposed governance structure for openSUSE

Jeff Mahoney, whoholds a vice-president position at SUSE, has posted a detailedproposal for improving the governance of the openSUSE project.

It's meant to be a way to move from governance by volume orpersistence toward governance by legitimacy, transparency, andprocess - so that disagreements can be resolved fairly and theproject can keep moving forward. Introducing structure andpredictability means it easier for newcomers to the project toparticipate without needing to understand decades of accumulatedhistory. It potentially could provide a clearer roadmap fordevelopers to find a place to contribute.

The stated purpose is to start a discussion; this is openSUSE, so he islikely to succeed.