Thanks for adding ogb-discuss; that should help settle parts of this. Joerg Schilling writes: > - The ARC commitee needs to be changed or OpenSolaris will die! > If there is not a single non-Sun person from the OpenSolaris > community that is allowed to at least veto decisions, the ARC > decicions do not have the basis that is needed for > OpenSolaris.
Given how destructive a veto power would be, I think it's a good thing that there's no _one_ person who can do that. There is as yet no appeals path for ARC decisions that involves the OpenSolaris community. There certainly should be, and the path should go to a community group and then (if unresolved) up to the OGB. As was done the first time an appeal was needed inside Sun, I suspect we will likely end up designing this process when we need it. However, despite your email address, you're a Sun contractor. You do have a defined appeals process available to you. That is to convince a DE or Director to support an appeal to SAC (ARC chairs). You'll need to determine grounds for an appeal. I can't find an opensolaris.org version of this document, but here's the SWAN one: http://sac.sfbay/arc/Processes/Member.Handbook/appeals.txt It's no secret. It says: Appeals fall into one of three large categories: 1. The ARC made a mistake by inappropriately applying (or divining) the rules. The appeal should include a statement of what is correct and why. 2. The ARC used the rules correctly, but the rules are wrong. The appeal should state why the rules are wrong and, if possible, what a correct rule should be. 3. The ARC is correct, and the rules are correct; a one-time exemption is requested, based on <reason>. Most appeals are based on (3). -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
