James Carlson wrote: > Brian Gupta writes: >> On Nov 28, 2007 3:16 PM, James Carlson <james.d.carlson at sun.com> wrote: >>> I agree with making this document clearer. It should explicitly say >>> that the OGB itself doesn't approve projects, and that you (the >>> project proposer) need to find and talk to the appropriate community >>> group (or groups ...), and then get that group's facilitator to talk >>> to Eric. >> >> The OGB seems to provide a centralized registration facility for newly >> approved projects. Would this be a better way of wording it? > > I think that will still confuse people. If we're providing a document > that explains how to use the mechanism, we shouldn't dive into the > details of where the mechanism came from or who provides what. > > Instead, spell out what the user must do in order to be successful. > Nothing more or less than that.
The community group guidelines are that document - the one pointed to here is the formal policy definition, which has a different purpose. Unfortunately, those don't seem to have been posted yet. (*poke* Glynn) The most recent draft I see is: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-August/002302.html -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
