ksh-93 project leaders*, *OpenSolaris community member* Dave Johnson*, on Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:50 AM *asked that the OGB intervene*: *Oracle doesn't want the command modernisation and ksh93 projects. They had too much community influence in the past, are too independent and Oracle wants to replace the Solaris commands in usr/bin with GNU commands. Oracle has already decided that in February and now try to get rid of the projects by denying them repository access. The projects are dead. There is enough evidence what Oracle is planning.* This is how Oracle treats open communities and projects. Will OGB intervene?
Dave referenced ARC and ON discussions that show JohnS withdrawing PSARC/2009/660 and JBeck's statement that, as ON community leader, "*conversion of any *new* utilities to ksh93 is on hold*". The OpenSolaris constitution we just adopted limits the actions and ability of the OGB to intervene in a community's internal operation: ==== 3.1 Disputes It is expected and encouraged that groups will resolve disputes by themselves according to their documented decision-making procedures. If a dispute can not be resolved within a group or it spreads between groups, then the Governing Board may choose to intervene. The Board will consider disputes on a case-by-case basis and may decline to intervene. If the Board chooses to intervene, it will resolve the issue at its absolute discretion with no possibility of appeal. Its resolution will be binding on all parties. ==== Towards that end, I (on behalf of the OGB) would like to ask the ksh-93 project leaders to first determine if there *is* a problem, and, if so, to work with the individuals and/or other groups involved to address, understand and resolve it before involving the OGB. I would be happy to help facilitate your efforts to do this, but the constitution is pretty clear that it is up to you to try and resolve things first. Towards that end, I will start by asking where your project's decision making processes are defined, where those of other projects are defined, and whether or not they were followed... Note in all of this that the OGB is an arbiter of community governance, not of technical disputes. After all that, if there still is a governance problem that can not be resolved, let me know and I will work with you, the leaders of the ksh-93 community, as needed to determine how to move forward. -John Plocher OGB Chair
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