* Richard Lowe <richlowe at richlowe.net> [2007-04-13 17:33]: > Separate databases are antithetical to OpenSolaris, we are one community of > developers, all working on the same thing. A key requirement is that > *everyone* uses the same database, interfaces, and everything else. Actually, we need to accept that we participate in a larger set of communities, so there may be a need to support multiple, open databases. But I agree that Sun's need for confidential annotation or defect tracking on previous releases (or other products) is separable from the community requirements.
> So while in the separate systems scheme of things, this may be a problem, > given that the scheme itself is unacceptable, I don't think it could ever > become an issue. > > >Seems like it would be a severe waste of effort by one person. > > > >Perhaps the right answer is that all Solaris bugs be tracked in an external > >database. > > That is not just "The right answer" it is an absolute requirement both for > the system and for truly open development. (Of the openly developed components. Sun is managing components of interest to the community that cannot use open development methods.) - Stephen -- sch at sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/sch/
