Philip Brown wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 04:57:40PM -0700, Darren Reed wrote: >> Philip Brown wrote: >>> Isnt that what the (previously named?) "CAB" is for? >> ... >> >> How would that be different to the OGB? No open board-discuss >> for starters. Have it function like a real board: meet monthly or >> quarterly, publish the minutes of the meetings, appoint a chairman, >> give the board power to make decisions that change opensolaris >> without needing votes, etc... > > The one trouble with doing stuff politically like that, is that there is > then a tendancy for those positions to be filled with politicians. > There need to be rules, but not to the point of needing a > "full time politician" to handle it, so to speak. > >>> You cant make everyone happy, all the time. >>> Obviously, some groups are going to be unhappy to be moved down. Doesnt >>> mean it shouldnt be done. >> Yes. And so long as we allow even one "I disagree" to hold up change, >> we'll never really accomplish very much at all in a timely fashion. > > The one softening I would like to add to my comments, is a clarification of > my general principles on that sort of thing. > > "We shouldnt do it because x,y/z" should be carefully considered. > Whines about, "I dont like it/I dont want to change", should be ignored, > in my opinion [if the change has long term benefits] > > A single person dissenting, doesnt mean that single person should be > automatically ignored, though. The more important question is whether the > dissent is on rational grounds or not. > (and it then becomes important for the people making that determination, to > be both mentally able to discern that, and also to have the commitment and > integrity to do so. Having a "majority vote" is no substitute for technical > competance and understanding) > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-summit mailing list > opensolaris-summit at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-summit
This discussion would be considerably more interesting, relevant, and targeted to the right audience if it were on ogb-discuss.. cheers, steve -- stephen lau // stevel at opensolaris.org | http://whacked.net opensolaris // solaris kernel development
