[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > By casting this as a (presumably pejorative) "committee decision," > > My comment about Z80 and COBOL was intended to be snide; however, you > shouldn't presume that my comment about, "Having a committee make an > implementation decsion..." was pejorative. The "C" in ARC stands for > Committee, does it not? How am I to describe the decision reached by a > consenus of the committee members if not as a decision made by > committee?
It's a *review* committee -- that's what the "R" in ARC stands for. We review the things that others propose. Suggesting that PSARC would fly off the rails and invent a ban on Perl on behalf of all Open Solaris projects seems misguided to me, and it certainly sows unwanted seeds of doubt about how the process works. Instead, I'm suggesting that I think Darren has it wrong. The use of Perl (and the cost to the overall system it causes, and the restrictions it imposes on other projects [such as minimization]) is architectural in nature. Darren was suggesting that it was not architectural because Perl is already in the minimum required metacluster. My point is that this doesn't remove the question -- it certainly changes the nature of it for other projects (without a change in policy, and assuming project boundaries are maintained, there's no real restriction on who may use it) -- but it doesn't make the issue less architectural. > > I think you're substantially misunderstanding how our development > > system actually works and disparaging the work of those who > > participate in the process. > > This kind of attack is inappropriate. I participate in this process and > am not disparaging anybody's work. You don't have to agree with my > opinion, but at least be respectful. That's exactly what I was asking. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
