Hi,
Torrey McMahon wrote:
> Joseph Kowalski wrote:
>
>> Torrey McMahon wrote:
>>
>>> Nicolas Williams wrote:
>>>
>>> Why we still do architecture review, or discussions, over email is
>>> beyond me. Email is horrible tool for such things. Con-calls are a
>>> close second.
>>>
>> So, if these are bad, what is good? Only meetings (which are pretty
>> much con-calls at this time)? Wikis? (What is the plural of "Wiki"?)
>>
>
> I wouldn't say bad. I'd assert we could do much better.
>
> ---
>
> A project team wants to get an architecture review. They go to the
> request website, fill in a forms, and the automated back end starts the
> review process. They get a case number, spot on a twiki/website, and
> notification goes out to people interested in such things. They
> automatically get a case owner from the pool of ARC members. Owner gets
> an email, contact info, etc. and starts mentoring the team as needed.
>
> Over time the project team starts adding materials to the project
> including a automagically cross-referenced set of interfaces. Each
> interface is properly marked with its stability level - The nice popup
> box explains what each is - and it gets added to the project location.
> All the associated questionnaires are provided and answers put into the
> backend database. ARC cases that preceded this one are cross referenced
> and added to the "Prior Cases" section.
>
> If an ARC member is interested in a specific change to an interface they
> can click it and get more information including
> Change history
> Code attached to the interface (Yes, I know this isn't code review.)
> X levels of interfaces that are used, upstream or downstream, by the
> interface in question
>
> If an ARC member has a question on a specific part of the case they can
> add the question, mark the relevant materials, and await an answer via
> email/rss/text. Previously asked questions, and any answers, are
> automatically added to the case materials to avoid people from asking
> the same questions ten times.
>
>
>
So, this is all Sun process, or OpenSolaris process? What is a "project
team"? Are there "project teams"
that are not all Sun? Or do I simply need to go back through
arc-discuss to find out, in which case... sorry I asked.
max
