[cab-discuss] Re: Reforming the OpenSolaris project integration process (was:Re: [osol-discuss] how to make a new project?)

[James Carlson]

[Dropping opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris.org; I still don't think
that is a good place for this discussion.]

Josh Hurst writes:
> Is there any other Open Source project which has similar bureaucracy
> requirements? The integration of ksh93 is an item which the average
> Linux distribution does in days or weeks while OpenSolaris.org needs 8
> months to present another list of bureaucracy items which still need
> to be finished. I think it is excessive to the point of mental injury
> that such a simple project gets delayed by a factor of 40.

So, if Solaris discards development process in order to become
essentially the same as Linux, what point is there in having Solaris?
Why not just contribute to Linux instead?

Isn't part of the point here that Solaris is in fact different?

> Applying the same bureaucracy to other projects will lead to the
> destruction of OpenSolaris.org.

I don't think it's really possible to extrapolate so easily from the
experience of ksh93.  That's at a strange intersection of history,
compatibility, standards conformance, and a host of other issues.

> I predict that either the number of
> contributors will cease or a full fork of OpenSolaris.org (the whole
> organisation, not the Solaris kernel) may appear, drawing all
> attention and contributors to the new project

If that happens, I say more power to 'em.  One of the good things
about open software development is that if you don't think it's being
run right, you can go your own direction with it instead.

(For example, Quagga versus Zebra.)

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