Changing it to "Patch or Micro". It was a misunderstanding of the question.
Bruce On Nov 25, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Tom Childers wrote: >> 2.2 Release binding >> What is is the release binding? >> (see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/release-taxonomy/) >> [X ] Major > > What incompatible change does this make that requires a Major release? > > (I think the checklist should actually be updated to specify "ARC > review > required" for Major - while Solaris/OpenSolaris has been opened to > limited > Major release changes, they are still limited, and we should know > exactly > what they all are. For most FOSS cases that qualify for using the > checklist, > "Major" simply indicates a misunderstanding of the question - adding > completely > new software should normally be "Patch or Micro", and cases should > choose the > smallest release binding possible, to avoid needless re-review if > someone ever > has a business case to backport to a previous release.) > > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering >
