Someone (probably Keith) can correct me here, but I think I'm now running into exactly the same confusion myself that others are with the new process.
First of all, the instructions here: http://opensolaris.org/os/projects/ don't match up at all with what I thought we agreed to. Why is this text still out of date? Who has the ability to change it (I know I don't)? I'm under the impression that in order to start a new project, I need "endorsement" from a "community." That part is clear, but that's where things start getting murky. I don't know what "endorsement" really means. The word doesn't show up in the constitution. Searches of the archives show zillions of people asking the same question, but no clear answers. At a guess, I *think* the project proposal needs a "+1" from a "core contributor" in that "community." This is where I run into the next problem. Nothing on the site seems to list who the "core contributors" might be for any community group. How can I ask for endorsement if I don't even know whom I'm asking? Just send a message to the open list and hope for the best? What if someone who doesn't have the right appellation gives a +1? Do those people even know who they are? (I know I don't know if I'm considered a "core contributor" anywhere, and I see no way to look up such information.) And it seems that the actual endorsement needs to be put into effect on the web site itself by a "community leader" who has the ability to change the web site. But now I'm in a catch-22: communities can currently endorse only those projects that already exist, because the "endorse a project" link goes to a pre-set list of the known projects. The tool restricts this. Thus, I can't get an endorsement until my project exists, and I can't create my project until I have an endorsement. But it is clear that I'm crazy if I want to fly. ;-} -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
