"Shawn Walker" <swalker at opensolaris.org> writes: > On Dec 12, 2007 11:45 AM, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> > wrote: >> James Carlson wrote: >> > Why not go through the normal path? Devise a fix, request a sponsor, >> > get code reviews and testing, and then integrate. >> >> Have you looked at http://opensolaris.org/os/bug_reports/request_sponsor/ >> lately? You can see how many Roland has devised a fix for, requested a >> sponsor, and been ignored for months or longer (the first one on the list >> from him is now over a year old). >> >> Given our poor track record, it seems more likely we'll just migrate to >> Studio 13 first, which will have -xstrconst on by default. > > I would agree. > > Honestly it isn't very motivating to do much when it takes months > before I ever get a sponsor. > > There is a long list of folks waiting for one right now. > > An ETA would be nice when we request a sponsor since at least we can > schedule our time better that way. >
It doesn't work that way, even after you acquire a sponsor you're at the mercy of their schedule as to when anything will actually be done. You can push the latency further down the line, but I don't believe removing it is possible -- Rich
