Stephen Lau <stevel at opensolaris.org> writes: > Mike Kupfer wrote: >>>>>>> "Rich" == Richard Lowe <richlowe at richlowe.net> writes: >>>>>>> >> >> Rich> 1. Get the tools working >> Rich> 2. Get $GATE into mercurial >> Rich> 3. Move $GATE outside. >> Rich> 4. Let people not employed by SMI putback >> [...] >> Rich> What it seems we were being asked is about #4. >> >> The specific request on the wiki page is >> >> Give an update of the progress moving the SCM system so we can have >> Committers who are not employees of Sun. Technical update preferred >> but a project schedule should happen too. >> >> So I was thinking of some technical details about Mercurial and SCM >> service on opensolaris.org, plus some handwaving about how we (the >> OpenSolaris community) get to #4. >> >> It's not exactly what Dave Stewart asked for, but it's what we're (I'm) >> prepared to talk about. >> >> Rich> External write access, if done properly, blocks on at least >> Rich> OpenRTI and quite possibly a workable DTS. >> >> Agreed. >> > Yeah, stressing this point that once scm-migration-dev is done, #4 > will still be blocked by other things will really help awareness. > There are too many people who think that the SCM Migration is the only > blocking factor, so seizing this as an opportunity to do some > education would be good. >
I'd like the part Mike snipped to be similarly emphasised. *even when* all the technical pieces are in place, what happens next is up to the consolidations in question. While I'm sure we all have our preferences as to what they do, it's they, not us, who control that particular big red button. -- Rich
