James and others, This looks great. Just to be clear, the lack of OGB involvement is a change from the current policy, outlined in section 2.2 of the current project guidelines. Is this an official change of policy on which the OGB voted, or do these guidelines not represent policy that requires a vote? Is the change of policy already in effect? If so, when did it take effect?
One other comment below. 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. > > To be successful in creating a new project, you must: > > - Draft a project proposal with at least the following > information: > <insert here> > > - Discuss that proposal within a Community Group that you > believe should endorse the project. > > - Ask the Community Group to endorse the project. Absent some > other local policy, the common policy is a consensus vote of > the Core Contributors. Actually, the constitution, in section 8.4, *requires* consensus vote for project instantiation. Thanks, Nick > > - Ask the Community Group's Facilitator to contact the Project > Herald and create any necessary resources for the project. > Absent a Facilitator, ask one of the Core Contributors to > help. > > That's all. No OGB needed. > -- Nicholas Solter, Solaris Cluster Development http://blogs.sun.com/nsolter
