Garrett D'Amore wrote: > I believe it is perfectly reasonable to allow users to push their favorite > bits into /contrib, skip the ARC review, and allow the community to support > those packages on a caveat emptor basis. The rest of the stuff, we should > continue reviewing, using the same faculties that we have heretofore been > using -- intelligent review by human engineers. I contend that the existing > process works for these cases.
I'm in general agreement with this. Case by case review gives us the best chance at providing or at least documenting interface stability while allowing us to evolve, and hopefully get better, as new innovations are made. I don't believe in special cases, especially since non-Sun initiated cases could become the majority over time as OpenSolaris becomes more dominate due to both its Sun and non-Sun derived technologies. Like several have said, and J?rg Schilling summarizes nicely: "The most obvious solution for this problem is to establish more collaboration with the community." In order to better match reality, we need to connect more with key "external" open source projects, and continue to do whatever we can to bring the community into the architecture review process, including actively recruiting more "external" ARC members from key open technology areas. Ultimately I think diversity provides the most strength and stability over time. Cheers, Jim
