Indeed, governance is NOT the answer. Governance historically served to coordinate large groups of people, because information, ideas, etc. couldn't be communicated to every member efficiently (or at all). But these days, we all have networked computers that can send any information to anyone anywhere at the speed of light. Governance is not necessary, would induce a bureaucratic overhead to communication, and would encourage people to talk about problems instead of solving them.
I was an avid Gentoo user for a few years (before I even heard of Solaris), and I watched the community crumble and the technology stagnate as a result of the complexity induced by their (very elaborate) governance model. A governance model for Illumos would (very likely) turn potential coders into talkers that like to philosophize about the technology. We need engineers, people who are finding solutions instead of whining about problems. Besides, DVCSes undermine any formal control a governing body can have over an open code base anyway. This is probably one of the reasons why FreeBSD (which has a formal process) is still using a centralized version control system (last time I checked, at least). -Nick On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Dan McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 07:11:15AM -0800, Bryan Cantrill wrote: > <SNIP!> >> No, no, no, no and no! This is _exactly_ the kind of process/governance >> fetish that OpenSolaris developed, and it must be firmly and emphatically >> rejected! We do _not_ need to "elect projects" -- we need to experiment >> with many different kinds of ideas _by_ _implementing_ _them_. > > Before the IETF suffered standards-body bloat, Dave Clark stated a pithy > saying we should take to heart: > > We reject kings, presidents, and voting. We believe in rough > consensus, and running code. > > Dan > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21500642-caa26a1a > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- :. Blog: nickziv.wordpress.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/nickziv ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
