Alan DuBoff wrote:
>> I found it very odd and have said so repeatedly before. This was
>> brought
>> up when the previous OGB had to step in and name Garrett D'Amore,
>> Masayuki Murayama, and Juergen Keil as core contributors because the
>> Device Drivers
>> community had failed to do so:
>> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=103808
>
> I find it odd also. In fact, I think it shows a reluctance to work with
> the community at large, in the way it was handled. If you ever wonder
> why folks don't feel comfortable, this type of situation doesn't give
> most the warm fuzzies.
So why is the Device Drivers community reluctant to work with the community
at large?
>> Of course, Device Drivers seems like a valid community, so the OGB is
>> more
>> likely to agree to a proposal to establish a valid set of Contributors to
>> run it than to shut it down - but for now, there is no one who can
>> claim to
>> speak for the Device Drivers community or vote to take action on it's
>> behalf.
>
> I would do it without asking anyone in the community also, that's the
> way to do it...yeah, that's the way...
You certainly have the option to make such a proposal to the OGB without
involving the rest of the community, but we'd be more likely to accept
one that came from a group of people that appeared to represent the
community, not just you.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
