[arc-discuss] The relationship between OpenSolaris and ARC

[Martin Bochnig]

John Plocher wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
>   
>> Any ARC only gets my approval in case it does not allow a few people to 
>> dominate others. 
>>     
>
> The core contributers of any OS.o community group are explicitly empowered
> to dominate the observers and non-core contributers in their community;
> they are the decision makers for their community, and their authority over
> their community is the basis of the OS.o governance model.
>
> I understand your feelings, but, in your case, they seem to be without
> justification.  According to poll.os.o, you are a core contributer only
> in the OGB community[1], and then only because you produced the first
> independent distro based on the code found on OpenSolaris.org.  It is
> noteworthy that, in light of your demonstrated talent and track record
> for independently producing groundbreaking and useful software, you have
> chosen to not become a core contributer in /any/ of the other OS.o
> communities, including the software producing ones (ON, X, Desktop, SFW,
> NWSC, G11N, ...), or to actually contribute anything other than email.
>   

John. I don't get it:

At the absolute minimum three things instantly come into mind, that 
Joerg Schilling has DIRECTLY core_contributed:

cdrecord

smake  (your problem, if you prove unable to integrate it into ON)

the first ever distro_creation_toolkit (as early as in late summer 2005)
In Joerg schilling's position I would have left months ago.