So that's a bit more discussion than I expected. For those who want to
allow closed cases to integrate into OpenSolaris code, please offer a
proposed policy that explains how this could be handled, and why it wouldn't
just become carte blanche for anyone to integrate without ARC review?
What gives Sun special rights to integrate without public review that wouldn't
also allow [apologies in advance to those about to be named, who are committed
to not going down this path] Roland to declare that ksh93 has some secret he's
not allowed to reveal to us in ARC review and thus he held closed review at the
Roland's Ksh93 and Komodo Dragon Supplies, Inc. ARC, or allow OpenSound to put
in whatever they want, including breaking all existing Solaris Audio apps,
because they have secret driver interfaces and held a closed review in their
private ARC? If we allow any project to claim secrets allow them to have ARC
review by a closed body they selected, how do we have any meaningful system-wide
architecture?
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
