On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:02:07PM -0700, John Plocher wrote: > I would feel much better if the ips team was doing this - it is really > *their* job, not mine. The problem is that the ARC is stuck, having to > review things that depend on IPS/Packaging's unspecified new abilities > without first having an architectural commitment for them in the first > place. > > Unfortunately, the ips project team has not provided this info, and > has indicated that it will not be able to do so soon due to resource > issues. This is *not* a good answer, ranking right up there with > [choice quotes from our teenage kids], but is the answer we have been > given.
Since "resource issues" are irrelevant in an OpenSolaris universe, why doesn't the ARC simply deny or defer cases depending on unspecified attributes of future project(s)? I had thought that one was, at least, expected to call out dependencies explicitly and ensure that suitable information about those dependencies is available at the time the case is filed (e.g., by reference to an umbrella case). Have the rules changed, or is this just an Indiana-at-any-cost double standard? And if the latter, by whose authority was the double standard established? -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" Fishworks "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!"
