On 6/5/07, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> I think this is basically writing down what many of us believe to
> be the case, but haven't explicitly put into writing yet, leading
> to some confusion.
>
> I propose the OGB issue a simple statement along these lines:
>
> The OpenSolaris Governing Board hereby designates the OpenSolaris
> Architecture Process and Tools community as the architectural review
> board for OpenSolaris. All changes requiring architectural review
> that are integrated into the master gate of an OpenSolaris consolidation
> must be reviewed first by the OpenSolaris Architecture community or
> a committee established by the OpenSolaris Architecture community that
> meets openly as described in the OpenSolaris constitution.
>
> The OGB accepts as historical precedence any decisions of the Sun SAC
> that were made before June 14, 2007, including case opinions, best
> practices and policies, if, and only if, they are published openly in
> the Architecture community web pages.
>
> Careful readers may note some current practices that would no longer be
> allowed by this:
>
> 1) Cases affecting OpenSolaris consolidations being made behind closed
> doors by the Sun ARC's would no longer be allowed. If the code is
> going to be public, the ARC review needs to be too. Fortunately,
> since the latest rev of the ARC tools were put into place that make
> this easier to manage, many fewer cases are going to closed reviews
> at PSARC, but all LSARC reviews (such as JDS & various management
> tools) are still closed, and that would need to be fixed.
>
> 2) Projects targeting OpenSolaris consolidations would not be
> allowed to have ARC reviews delayed or waived by Sun PAC committees
> or policies. (Those could integrate into Sun's Solaris
> consolidations,
> just not OpenSolaris.)
>
+1
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Regards,
Cyril
