I've noticed that the text here: http://opensolaris.org/os/projects/
is now out of step with the current OGB-approved project creation policy: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-May/000437.html Could we have this text updated? In particular: OpenSolaris projects are collaborative efforts that produce objects such as code changes, documents, graphics, or collaboratively authored products. Projects will have code repositories and committers and can live within a community or independently. Problems: - Projects may also include interest areas that don't actually produce any code changes or documents. (Minor issue, but needed for the marketing and outreach community.) - Projects don't necessarily have code repositories, but they can. - Projects are always sponsored by a community; none are independent. And for this section: The process for requesting a new project requires that a community member write a proposal to the opensolaris-discuss list and at least one other community member agree with the proposal. If the proposal doesn't garner a seconder within 30 days, it will be considered void. The process is intentionally lightweight because we expect that the bulk of new collaborative efforts will be projects with many growing into full communities comprised of one or more projects. Essentially none of this is true now. Instead, the following: - Projects must be endorsed by communities and may be endorsed by more than one. - Communities themselves may determine how they want to endorse projects, which projects to endorse, and what process (if any) they'll use to do so. They may also remove endorsement. - Communities need to communicate to the OGB (perhaps via someone serving in a "project approver" role) which projects have been endorsed, and provide the required information to have resources for the project allocated. - The usual way to start a new project is to bring up the topic within a community discussion list, hash out the issues there, and then request project creation when agreement is reached. -- 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
