[arc-discuss] [ogb-discuss] John's thoughts on how Projects should interact with the ARC community

[Casper.Dik at Sun.COM]

>
>Some of us came to OpenSolaris because we wanted an open-source  
>operating system that still cared about quality, rather than the  
>"weekend hack-fest" that the other F/LOSS operating systems have become.

Quite.

>Abandoning ARC for all but the "official Sun Value-Added" Solaris  
>would be the greatest tragedy in computing since AT&T sold the rights  
>to UNIX.
>
>There are plenty of open-source operating systems where weekend  
>hackers can dump their bad code. I'd prefer if Solaris remained the  
>bastion of quality in a sea of mediocrity.

But there's no reason not to also experiment as long as it's not in the 
main branch; there are dozens of parallel gates with experimental bits.

More worrying is that the progress from experimental to finished doesn't 
quite seem to be happening.

Casper