On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 13:29 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> I think this is basically writing down what many of us believe to
> be the case, but haven't explicitly put into writing yet, leading
> to some confusion.
>
> I propose the OGB issue a simple statement along these lines:
>
> The OpenSolaris Governing Board hereby designates the OpenSolaris
> Architecture Process and Tools community as the architectural review
> board for OpenSolaris. All changes requiring architectural review
> that are integrated into the master gate of an OpenSolaris consolidation
> must be reviewed first by the OpenSolaris Architecture community or
> a committee established by the OpenSolaris Architecture community that
> meets openly as described in the OpenSolaris constitution.
I think the high order bit -- everything touching open-source code needs
open review -- is right.
I have some concerns about the transition -- PSARC has been holding open
meetings and open reviews of fast-tracks for quite some time but hasn't
to my knowledge formally been (re)chartered by the opensolaris
architecture community to hold such reviews.
IMHO the OGB needs to specifically charter the review body and give it
goals. simply leaving it as up to the "opensolaris architecture
community" to work out the details (including the appeals path) may
leave us with a period of time when nobody is formally able to approve a
change to opensolaris.
so how do we change engines in mid-flight without crashing the plane?
- Bill
