[removed PSARC; this is no longer architecture] I. Szczesniak wrote: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Alan Coopersmith > <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> wrote: >> Garrett D'Amore wrote: >>> I really do think that the way this was handled in OpenSolaris -- which >>> occurred without any significant ARC discussion of the concerns >>> surrounding this -- is unfortunate. I am half tempted to bring forward >>> a case to change this if only to cause the conversation (that I think >>> didn't happen) to occur. >> PSARC already has that case under review - PSARC 2010/067. > > Does a closed ARC case even matter? I don't think a non-public ARC > case should be allowed to affect an open source project at all. Not at > least if ARC wants to be taken serious in the future.
Sure; closed ARC cases matter because the code related to them often integrates into the open source code itself. You can either accept that and deal with it, or perhaps just ignore it, but it's an issue that can't be denied. Sun's employees have already made it clear that PSARC 2010/067 has closed exposure because the materials used in the case have proprietary references in them, and there hasn't yet been enough time (or money) available to make open materials available. I'm certainly not thrilled with that answer, but there's frankly nothing that anyone outside of Sun can do about it. It is what it is. As for whether the ARC is serious or not, I don't understand how you arrive at the conclusion you do. I think it's quite serious, and I support its work. In my opinion, the issues here reflect on the actions taken by the people involved rather than on the ARC, and are clearly in a realm outside of system architecture. I think throwing rocks at the reviewers (the ARC) is quite pointless. The best result you can hope for in doing that is that the reviewers stop reviewing anything at all, and that's clearly not the result you wanted. Don't make the mistake of assuming that ARC == Sun management. -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carlsonj at workingcode.com>
