Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-06 Thread Brian Utterback
RTI - Request to Integrate. Form/Process used to request that a particular code change (bug fix, feature) be accepted into a specified consolidation. CRT - Change Review Team. Group of people responsible for reviewing the RTI's and approving them for integration. CRT Advocate - The member of t

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-06 Thread James Carlson
Dennis Clarke writes: > so SPI is "system programming interface". That sounds like jargon out of the old "System Interface Guide." I don't know that anyone uses that term that way. Instead, we usually call that interface the "DDI" (device driver interface). The modern uses of "SPI" I've seen ar

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
> Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> Dennis Clarke wrote: Here are some key terms. The FCS or GA release and the ABI, the SPI and API. I have always been curious what the difference was between FCS and GA. I think that GA means General Availability and perhaps is the same

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Scott Rotondo
Dennis Clarke wrote: >> Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> Here are some key terms. The FCS or GA release and the ABI, the SPI and >>> API. >>> >>> I have always been curious what the difference was between FCS and GA. I >>> think that GA means General Availability and perhaps is the same as FCS. >>> >>> >>

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
> Dennis Clarke wrote: >> Here are some key terms. The FCS or GA release and the ABI, the SPI and >> API. >> >> I have always been curious what the difference was between FCS and GA. I >> think that GA means General Availability and perhaps is the same as FCS. >> >> > FCS stands for First Customer

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Joseph Mocker
Dennis Clarke wrote: > Here are some key terms. The FCS or GA release and the ABI, the SPI and API. > > I have always been curious what the difference was between FCS and GA. I > think that GA means General Availability and perhaps is the same as FCS. > > FCS stands for First Customer Ship[ment]

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread andrew
> you might want to check the documentation community, > they have > http://globalglossary.sunvirtuallab.com/wiki/index.php > /Main_Page > which you can extend for your purposes I didn't even know that site existed! I think maybe it renders my page redundant. I'll probably add the definitions I h

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Scott Rotondo
andrew wrote: > I have started to create a page to explain some of the jargon that is > specific to Solaris and/or Sun but I'm stock on a few terms. Can some > knowledgeable folk possibly have a look and reply here with definitions for > those I've not got meanings for, and also check I've got t

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
you might want to check the documentation community, they have http://globalglossary.sunvirtuallab.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page which you can extend for your purposes On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 2:34 PM, andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for those. Can I use your explanations on my page? I wou

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread andrew
Thanks for those. Can I use your explanations on my page? I would "source acknowledge" your contribution (or not if you prefer). Thanks Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensol

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
> I have started to create a page to explain some of the jargon that is > specific to Solaris and/or Sun but I'm stock on a few terms. Can some > knowledgeable folk possibly have a look and reply here with definitions > for those I've not got meanings for, and also check I've got the rest > correc

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread Alan Coopersmith
andrew wrote: > I have started to create a page to explain some of the jargon that is > specific to Solaris and/or Sun but I'm stock on a few terms. Can some > knowledgeable folk possibly have a look and reply here with definitions for > those I've not got meanings for, and also check I've got

[osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-05 Thread andrew
I have started to create a page to explain some of the jargon that is specific to Solaris and/or Sun but I'm stock on a few terms. Can some knowledgeable folk possibly have a look and reply here with definitions for those I've not got meanings for, and also check I've got the rest correct? The p