On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 02:04:46PM +1200, Glynn Foster wrote: > No where did I mention a reference distribution - I agree, we're not > necessarily at that point yet. Maybe we can schedule a discussion at > next week's OGB meeting?
We can, but I think it would be premature. First, I was making assertions only about how I would respond to a project proposal for a reference distribution under the current circumstances. Others might feel differently, and in any case there's no such proposal. If or when a Group seeks to sponsor one with that or similar language, that would seem to be the right time to hold such a discussion. Until a Group submits something that conforms to the general form required by OGB/2007/001, everything is hypothetical, which was the point of my original message. > Outside what is already listed in the description, we're getting > into project management territory of which I'd like to think people > could get involved and express their views - much of what make up an > eventual distribution would be the projects that are their own > separate entities (eg. Caiman). I don't believe either > opensolaris-discuss or ogb-discuss is an appropriate forum for this. Agree completely - these are issues to work through with members of the project team, the Community Group from which you seek sponsorship, and the broader collection of interested people. Presumably the actual project proposal(s) that come out of that process will reflect that. Really, if the Distributions Group wrote and endorsed a properly-formed and suitably scoped request (with at least high-level dependencies on other projects identified) to create an umbrella project with the goal of producing a new distribution, I don't see any reason that request should not be approved expeditiously. If that project will need work done in one or more consolidations, those projects could be agreed upon and proposed later. Naturally, that approach increases the risk of later misunderstandings, loss of focus, and fracture, but again these are all issues for the sponsoring Group and the project team. A track record of failure in certain types of projects might lead the OGB to alter some processes later, but direct involvement should not otherwise be needed. -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" FishWorks "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!" _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
