On Dec 12, 2007 11:45 AM, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote: > James Carlson wrote: > > Why not go through the normal path? Devise a fix, request a sponsor, > > get code reviews and testing, and then integrate. > > Have you looked at http://opensolaris.org/os/bug_reports/request_sponsor/ > lately? You can see how many Roland has devised a fix for, requested a > sponsor, and been ignored for months or longer (the first one on the list > from him is now over a year old). > > Given our poor track record, it seems more likely we'll just migrate to > Studio 13 first, which will have -xstrconst on by default.
I would agree. Honestly it isn't very motivating to do much when it takes months before I ever get a sponsor. There is a long list of folks waiting for one right now. An ETA would be nice when we request a sponsor since at least we can schedule our time better that way. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
