On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 10:54:37AM +0100, Frank Hofmann wrote: > I'm upset and worried that OpenSolaris project creation has gone downhill > and become process-encumbered. That means especially that one needs to ask > god and the world for approval of project creation.
This is not true. In fact, once you become a Core Contributor of the UFS Community Group, you and your fellow Core Contributors will be the only people whose approval is required to create UFS-related projects. If a god's approval is needed, then you are the gods. > Keith, I suggest you try looking at sourceforge.net and create a project > there. I've used that resource in the past. It is a hosting resource only; OpenSolaris projects are more than just a web page and a mailing list - they are living entities under the direction of one or more technical Community Groups. That said, anyone is welcome to: (a) Do OpenSolaris work on SourceForge or anywhere else. You don't need to be a Project to do work. (b) Get a Community Group to sponsor an OpenSolaris Project, and then host that project anywhere they wish. Access to opensolaris.org hosting resources is a side effect of being a Project, not its definition. > And _then_ tell me again how it works on opensolaris.org is just fine and > should be done the way it is (now). I certainly don't think what we have today is ideal. But I do think you're conflating the process (which in fact you've already followed; it's your Community Group that's broken, and as I said previously, if that weren't the case your project would exist already) of creating a Project and the tools available to manage web site artifacts. The former is quite simple - as you know, since you've already followed it - but the latter are definitely lacking. The Tools Community Group sponsors the Website project to improve this, but it is hindered by the fact that only Sun employees are permitted to work on the site, and by the limited resources of the group being paid to do so. -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" FishWorks "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!" _______________________________________________ ufs-discuss mailing list [email protected]
