+1
Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> I have a simple proposal, which I hope will reduce the overhead and
> contention that many of us have felt.
>
> For the folks looking to integrate software many for consumption in
> Indiana -- lets figure out how to get this into an IPS repo somewhere
> (I believe IPS repos work now for Indiana at least), so we can make
> the Indiana folks (users and developers alike) happy.
>
> Those cases probably don't need to come before ARC right now --
> particularly since IPS itself isn't covered by ARC. Instead, just
> keep a record of what FOSS software is in the IPS, and it can be part
> of a "master list of initial software" that is included with the
> Indiana/IPS ARC case, if/when it comes before ARC. (Also, it appears
> that the Indiana CTeam, if there is one, isn't requiring ARC approval
> for commitment.)
>
> The FOSS packages which need to ship as part of Nevada -- they should
> still come before ARC. Hopefully those packages have wider appeal,
> or somehow fill some kind of architectural gap/vision beyond "make all
> FOSS software available".
>
> My guess is that a lot of the packages that are interesting to a small
> minority of people probably don't really need to be in *Nevada*, and
> hence can probably skip the overheads associated with integration there.
>
> -- Garrett
>
