[ogb-discuss] CIFS system attributes support for cpio(1), pax(1), tar(1) [PSARC/2007/459 FastTrack timeout 08/17/2007]

[Alan Coopersmith]

I see you've cc'ed ogb-discuss - I assume that means you think this is
an OGB matter somehow, but I'm not sure there's anything for the OGB to do.

Joerg Schilling wrote:
> -	The ARC commitee needs to be changed or OpenSolaris will die!
> 	If there is not a single non-Sun person from the OpenSolaris
> 	community that is allowed to at least veto decisions, the ARC
> 	decicions do not have the basis that is needed for OpenSolaris.

No one person has the power to veto decisions - all ARC members get a
single vote, and all ARC members can be outvoted by the rest.   While
it is well agreed that OpenSolaris community members should join the
ARC, only one non-Sun person has ever volunteered to do so (and he
then went and got a contract at Sun, spoiling the example).

The biggest reason you do not have a vote at ARC is that you have not
tried to join the ARC.    If the OpenSolaris ARC unfairly denies
membership to non-Sun people who apply, then the OGB should get
involved - but if no one is interested, all we can do is encourage
the ARC to try recruiting harder for non-Sun members.    (Which would
be a good thing, but John Plocher is out of the office right now, so
we can't poke him about it until he gets back.)

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