Simon Phipps wrote: > On Jan 21, 2009, at 06:13, Stephen Lau wrote: >> Here's my proposed statement: >> >> The OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) observed with dismay last week, >> Sun's failure to abide by the homepage review policy setup, and >> agreed upon in good faith by both the OGB and Sun Microsystems (via >> its OGB Liason) earlier this year. While it was subsequently removed >> a few days later, we are disappointed that Sun felt it necessary to >> breach its previous agreement. We, again, encourage Sun to be a good >> corporate citisen of the OpenSolaris community it helped create, and >> to work within the processes setup and agreed upon by both parties. >> >> short, and to the point. I'd really like to add something like, "To >> this end, we hope that Sun will be more transparent in opening up >> content editorship to trusted community members so that this incident >> won't be repeated in the future.", but that's my personal idea that >> should certainly be debated a bit at tomorrow's meeting. >> >> cheers, >> steve > > Reading all this serially as the mail trickled in :-) > > I suggest being more positive about the revert, and not attempting to > control "Sun". I thought your earlier idea of requesting web access > for some more people so incorrect changes can be reverted in future > was a better idea. > > How about: > > "The OGB notes that changes made to the OpenSolaris.org home page did > not comply with the agreements the OGB has made in the past with Sun's > offical liaison when, on two previous occasions, changes were made > without community consensus. We are very pleased these changes were > reverted pending review by the Website group, but we request that the > Website group take steps to ensure that a wider range of members have > write access to the home page to ensure that future incidents (if they > happen, which we hope will not be the case) are reverted faster." I'd be fine with that statement.
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