On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Ben Rockwood <b...@cuddletech.com> wrote:
> On 4/12/10 7:57 PM, Rich Teer wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On 04/12/10 06:30 PM, Ben Rockwood wrote:
> >>
> >>> However, the OpenSolaris distribution ("Indiana") is reasonably within
> >>> the jurisdiction of the board. The 6 month development cycle as set
> >>> down by Ian Murdock has always been questionable, however there has
> been
> >>> no reasonable communication to the community with regards to the delays
> >>> in 2010.03.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Why do you think the OGB has any control or jurisdiction over the
> OpenSolaris
> >> distribution? When did Sun or Oracle hand over those reins?
> >>
> > For "jurisdiction" read "scope". As the communities elected
> representatives
> > (and our official conduit to/from Oracle), I don't think Ben's request is
> > unreasonable.
> >
>
> Thank you. Rich understands.
>
> Everyone is correct, as I stated, Oracle's not talking and I'm not
> expecting that to change because of anything we do. Lord knows I've
> tried as best I can and Peter Trimble has helped. We made no headway.
>
> However, Indiana is a CG. Distro is a CG. ON is a CG. All the groups
> responsable for the OpenSolaris distribution are CG's right here. The
> board oversee's CG's. Therefore, it seems only natural that the OGB has
> jurisdiction in this matter.
>
> The OGB may not be able to request details from Oracle (lets face it,
> the OGB Facilitator to Sun has never been useful) but the board can
> request details from its own CG's.
>
> The message I hear is that the OGB doesn't have control over its own
> CG's. Or, alternatively, that Sun CG's don't produce anything. Do we
> really believe that? Do we want to believe that?
>
>
> benr.
>
>
100% Agree Ben.
+1 for the OGB to spring into action.
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