[desktop-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal :: JDS

[Joey Guo]

Glynn Foster wrote:

>Hey,
>
>I'd like to propose that the Java Desktop System, JDS, be an official
>OpenSolaris project.
>
>Why?
>====
>  o Infrastructure like the creation of mailing lists or source code
>    repositories require it to be a 'Project'.
>
>  o With the introduction of projects like GNOME SSA, there is now
>    more confusion. I suspect it will get worse rather than better.
>
>  o Currently JDS is a 'sub-community' underneath the Desktop
>    community. While not conceptually wrong, 'Project' might be a
>    better fit [especially if we ever do a mass cull of communities
>    and move them to projects].
>
>How?
>====
>  o I'd like to shift over the current set of web pages and add a
>    set of re-directs to the current pages.
>  o I'm still hesitant to create a standalone JDS mailing list, and
>    will continue to advocate using desktop-discuss.
>  o The Desktop community content will then be changed to reflect the
>    various upstream communities that the code originates from, how
>    people can contribute to them directly, and the types of projects
>    we undertake while under the Desktop community umbrella.
>
>
>Comments welcome.
>
>Glynn
>
>
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+1

This project could invite almost all Solaris users to participate in
OpenSolaris project. With this project, they will report a unstable
problem and may fix it directly.

Look forward to bigger progress in JDS with this project.

Thanks,
Joey