On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 02:46:49PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 03:44:28PM -0400, Richard Lowe wrote:
> > Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > >Disaster scenario:
> > >
> > >   I could imagine a case that integrates into Solaris (with internal,
> > >   closed ARC review), then tries to integrate into OpenSolaris, is told
> > >   "not without open review" then the open review requires changes that
> > >   would be incompatible with what was shipped in Solaris, or the team
> > >   refuses to undergo open review, at which point: impasse.
> > 
> > That is one of the reasons closed review is not a good thing for anyone, 
> > yes.  However, I can't imagine many situations where the delay between the 
> > two events would span a Solaris release.
> 
> Really?  Nothing ever comes to the ARC and integrates just before a
> release (for some value of "before" like "last build that accepts
> features" or even "last build that accepts bug fixes -- hey we have to
> get in!")?

Sorry -- you're outside Sun.  My point is stuff has come to the ARC and
integrated into Solaris close enough to a _minor_ release that my
disaster scenario is not impossible.


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