On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> [ trimmed the lists I'm not a member of, to avoid bounces ]
>
> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
> > 6) Rules for integration would be far, far looser than ON:
> >
> > * code has to compile
> > * you have to assert that you have tested it
> > * no long term support commitment required
> > * no webrti, instead just an e-mail based review/approval for now
> > * (what do other consolidations use for rti approval?)
> > * code review still required
> > * include documentation (man page) as part of integration
> > * no ARC approval required
> > * can import ON Consolidation Private interfaces
> > * no duplicates of stuff in ON or other consolidations without
> > justification
> > * sign-off by one of the Core Contributors
>
> As an employee of a small IHV, I have to say that this sounds
> awesome to me. It took us nearly 2 years to get our completed
> driver integrated, and it was very time consuming (as opposed to
> a few weeks of time each for Linux and FreeBSD). So it would be
> very nice to have an alternate distribution channel with a lower
> barrier to entry to use for any new drivers we write.
>
> Drew
This points out a side value to this "consolidation": a path for
getting external drivers into the core.
As it has lower barriers, external drivers could go there (and show
value/stability, etc.) while awaiting migration to the core.
I don't see a downside, just implementation details that can be
worked out.
---- Randy
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