[arc-discuss] [ogb-discuss] Defining OpenSolaris Consolidations

[John Plocher]

James Carlson wrote:
> I think that stretches the meaning and usefulness of "consolidation"
> well past its boundaries.

I sortof agree - nested consolidations tend to be better
thought of as a WOS, though I was thinking of the logistics
of separating the DD and ON consolidations and how that might
require a period of transition where the interconnecting
contracts and code keep them joined tighter than we would
really like...


> In any event, I don't think Stephen was suggesting nesting them at
> all.  Instead, he was talking about overlapping *concepts*.  In other
> words, multiple consolidations that might be attractive to the same
> project.

I've been trying to find an example; maybe the churn around
traditional Solaris tools -vs- gnu tools -vs- schillix -vs- ksh
might be a good example to kick around...


> I think it's worth considering that as you refactor consolidations,
> you should try to make the lines as clear as possible so that there
> isn't a great deal of confusion over which consolidation should 'own'
> a given project.


+1

   -John