Glynn Foster wrote On 10/16/06 11:31,:
Hey,
Jim Grisanzio wrote:
So ... where do we go from here?
Depends on how you classify the community and where you feel the most benefit
is.
Year one was clearly about getting out there, releasing lots of code,
and building infrastructure. What's next? To me, community growth -- in
size and diversity -- makes a lot of sense to be discussing, but I'm
happy to shut up and sit down if people think this is not a valid area
of focus. Keep in mind, when I say "community growth" what I mean very
simply is people. I'm still amazed -- and inspired -- by the fact that a
large number of people out there don't we're open. I've always viewed
this as an opportunity for growth, though, not as a problem. But are we
engaging them properly?
Infrastructure, process and people. I don't think we're anywhere near the shape
we need to be to create a fun, diverse community until those elements are in
place.
Some rather obvious examples -
Infrastructure:
o No current public source code management for ON / others [1]
o Web infrastructure is still 'closed'
o No wiki infrastructure that allows *everyone* to contribute
directly to opensolaris.org, rather than the few token 'Leaders'
o Poor bug tracking tools
Process
o Open ARC process still undefined/clear
o CAB formed 1 year+ ago, yet still no governance model, or idea
of more formal membership for the project
o Private program-team conference calls
People
o Perhaps fewer than like community code contributions
o Ratio of numbers of Sun developers working out in the open
compared to closed is still relatively low
o Few community champions that people can follow and learn from
All of the above is an absolutely poor indication of the rocking jobs that
everyone have been doing, and the success of the project over the last year or
two. However, out of all these areas that are known right across the community,
how many of them are a hindrance to community participation? and discouragement
to finding the next Bryan Cantrill?
Glynn
[1] I know, I know we're really close to this, it was just an obvious
example of how things *currently* are, and the challenges we have
ahead of us
OK, a pretty good list of what's missing or soon coming. :) I think some
of the items are a hindrance to participation for some levels of the
community, sure, but I'm not sure how much. I'm not dodging it, either.
I really don't know. We'll have to see over time. I think a lot of the
list above will go away over time, but I tend to agree with some of what
you are saying.
I'm especially interested in this comment, though:
"Few community champions that people can follow and learn from"
What do you mean? What types of community champions are you looking for?
And how many? I ask because I actually think we have many. We clearly
have a leadership models that is distributed, though, so that reduces
the emphasis on any one or two or even a few people.
Jim
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