Edward Pilatowicz writes: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 05:14:28PM -0500, James Carlson wrote: > > Edward Pilatowicz writes: > > > > > that said, we could always just forgo this kludge and wait for the full > > > feature integration. the project team is now aware of the deficiencies > > > in their currently proposed zones integration, so it seems like this is > > > something we'll see them address in a future case. > > > > If we going to specify or even mandate something from the ARC level, > > I'd rather that it be a clean solution rather than a kludge that needs > > to be removed later. > > > > sure... but not being an arc member, and not wanting to stand in way of > generally good forward progress, i don't really feel comfortable > "mandating" anything... hence i was viewing this more as a constructive > discussion and i was trying to suggest something that i thought might be > an "easy" interim solution (and i could be wrong about the "easy" part) > before a real solution is delivered (which could realistically be never > since i don't really have any authority in this process, nor do i have a > budget with which to fund future work).
As someone with useful engineering experience in Zones, you're an important part of the ARC community. Not being a member means that you can't actually vote on a case and a few other minor issues, but your opinion *does* matter quite a bit here. The ARC members aren't and can't be experts in everything, which is where the rest of engineering comes in. This is first, and foremost, a technical review; not a star chamber. ;-} You've been describing an alternate solution. In doing so (and trying to make trade-offs), there's always the risk that the project team sees it as "what the ARC told them to do." As long as we're in that area, I want to make sure we're looking at all the options and not jumping to one answer that seems like an expedient, but temporary, fix. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
