From 240bfc950eda66a63b94d2a6080d466c284b3e48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 02:10:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] context Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe --- site/news/libreboot20240225.md | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) diff --git a/site/news/libreboot20240225.md b/site/news/libreboot20240225.md index 4c54528..62f514e 100644 --- a/site/news/libreboot20240225.md +++ b/site/news/libreboot20240225.md @@ -241,6 +241,46 @@ new features and hardware functionality - for instance, it has code for handling Riku Viitanen's recent changes on the RP2040 serprog images, for pulling unused chipselects high (useful on machines like ThinkPad W541 for external flashing). +Context regarding flashprog vs flashrom +--------------------------------------- + +It was suggested by a reader, on 27 March 2024, that the lack of context made +judging this situation very difficult. Therefore, the following links have +been added, with explanation below. + +More context can be gleaned from the following links: + +* +* +* +* +* + +The first link is the mailing list post, where the new flashrom leader unilaterally +announced Nico's banishment from the project, without giving actual evidence +to back up her accusations (accusations which are made in the very same post). +Several other flashrom developers weighed in, some taking the side of the new +leadership, and several others taking Nico's side. What happened to Nico was +unfair. As already stated, Libreboot will promote flashprog, *not* flashrom, +from now on. + +Not only were such accusations made, but Nico was initially given his own +repository on the coreboot project, for his project, which he then +named *flashrom-stable*. See: + +* + +However, as you can see (at least on this date, 27 March 2024), this repo has +been hidden from view. Nico was banned from even having flashrom-stable on +the same infrastructure as flashrom, which uses the coreboot infrastructure. +This later lead to Nico establishing the Flashprog project. + +Libreboot stands with Nico and his Flashprog project. Anyone contributing to +flashrom should consider working for flashprog, either in addition to or +instead of flashrom. Libreboot will continue its boycott of Flashrom until +its current leader, Anastasia Klimchuk, steps down from the leadership, and +even then only after reparations/apologies are issued to the accused. + Exact git log -------------