John Sonnenschein wrote:
> I suppose for an intial list of contributors, Jason King ( jbk ) ,
> Steve Stallion ( stallion ), Roland Mainz ( gisburn ), and myself,
> John Sonnenschein ( error404 ).
+1 from me for making an emancipation CG umbrella for this
set of emancipation related projects.
I'd also like to suggest that, if he is interested, Joerg
Schilling also be considered as a contributer, since he has
significant experience and passion about this subject.
Please consider a psuedo-formal charter for the CG - maybe
something along the lines of
CG Problem statement
The OpenSolaris operating system is not completely open
because several components that are required to build and
boot the OS are only available in the "closed bin" archives.
Scope:
Initially, the focus will be on selected high-value efforts,
such as self-hosting an Open ON, drivers, posix utils, but
the long range intent is to eliminate the need for (and use
of) the closed bin archives.
Goals/milestones:
Quarterly progress reports will be produced and sent to the
OS-announce alias to keep the larger community informed of
our progress.
Phase 0a: Replace the components needed to build and boot
the ON consolidation with whatever shims, hacks
and scaffolding is needed to produce a proof of
concept that self-hosts and boots.
Phase 0b: Do the same for userland and the utilities.
Repeat phase 0 substeps as needed until a clear understanding
of the task at hand is reached.
Phase 1: Determine the best way to replace the above hacks
with a permanent solution, including decision
making architectural and design guidelines that
can be used in similar situations elsewhere in
the emancipation effort (i.e., should we reuse
from some particular other open OS, roll our own,
do without; what makes a good -vs- poor choice,
how do we choose without causing unnecessary
strife, ...? [hint: this is where ARC interaction
is probably very useful]
Phase 2: Develop and push the changes prototyped in phase
0 and formalized in phase 1 into the ON (and other)
consolidation(s) and remove the associated closed
bin pieces.
Phase 3: Repeat phases 0,1 and 2 for the rest of the closed-bin
items.
Phase 4: Disband the CG, its job being completed.
-John
