Meeting minutes - Office Hours for CTI - 2026-09-04
Zack Weinberg asks for synchronous meetings to be discontinued due to contentiousness and lack of permanent record.
Zack Weinberg expresses concern over the CTI project’s reliance on synchronous meetings for decision-making, citing it as a source of contention for proposed infrastructure changes. He requests that decisions be made asynchronously and that all potentially affected projects be CC’d on all communications, with full document texts posted to mailing lists for a permanent record.
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Requests that CTI project stop holding synchronous meetings, advocating for asynchronous decision-making and wider CCing of affected projects' mailing lists. Also requests full text of linked documents be posted to mailing lists.
“Once again I must ask that you stop holding synchronous meetings. Your insistence on making decisions in synchronous meetings is a major contributing factor to why CTI's proposed infrastructure changes have been and are continuing to be so very contentious.”
In Details
The CTI project, related to core toolchain infrastructure, is facing challenges with its proposed changes due to communication methods. Zack Weinberg, a prominent binutils developer, argues against synchronous meetings for significant decisions, emphasizing the need for a permanent, accessible record and broader engagement.