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+Roll Call
+=========
+betelgeuse
+Chainsaw
+dberkholz
+grobian
+scarabeus
+ulm
+WilliamH
+
+
+Stable USE masks in the main Portage tree
+=========================================
+Vote on proposal "Stable USE masks in the main portage tree" by
+Michał Górny [1].  There are three suggested approaches:
+1) by adding new profiles requiring EAPI=5, requiring all users to
+   change, and then deprecating the older profile trees [if chosen; a
+   subsequent vote on the timeframes involved will follow]
+2) by adding new profiles and using USE-flag masking to keep current
+   profiles functional
+3) defining use.stable.mask features such that they only apply to EAPI>5
+   ebuilds
+
+Note: option 1) requires a decision on the deprecation timeframe.
+
+The council agreed unanimously to vote between the three proposed solutions. 
+Solution #1 won with 7 votes.
+A remark was made by grobian that BSD and Prefix profiles are unversioned as
+noted by the initial email [1] introducing the solutions, and that they need
+some care and consideration, best dealt with directly with BSD and Prefix
+teams.
+The deprecation timeframe for pre-EAPI-5 profiles was voted 6 to 1 to be 1
+year.
+There was no agreement on whether this is a minimum or maximum of waiting time.
+Some even argued that this was a matter of standard deprecation policies.
+This period is bound to a possible deprecation of older EAPIs, and influenced
+the duration of the timeframe, for some council members to be at least 1 year,
+instead of maximum.
+
+
+Open bugs with council involvement
+==================================
+Bug 383467 "Council webpage lacks results for 2010 and 2011 elections"
+- For bug #383467 to be closed, the master ballots for 2011 & 2012 will
+  need to be uploaded & linked.
+  jmbsvicetto uploaded some missing data, but the 2012 results and rank 
+  are still missing. The bug remains open.
+
+
+Any Other Business
+==================
+No issues were raised by council members.
+
+Open Floor
+==========
+User johu asked who would document the "one year end of support" decision and
+where.  The council documents the decision in the summaries, which are
+binding.
+Zero_Chaos wanted to know the opinion of Council on micro EAPIs, to work
+around the relatively high amount of time necessary to complete a full new
+EAPI.  The council replied that EAPI features simply should be in PMS, and that
+the most work goes in there. Assistance is welcomed.
+
+
+Next meeting date
+=================
+12 February 2013, 20:00 UTC
+
+
+
+[1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/dev/263988