[ogb-discuss] Nameclash on svn_77 because Sun is ignoring PSARC discussions

[James Carlson]

Al Hopper writes:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > The star integration project started in August 2002.
> 
> This is not history; in "internet time", this is simply *ancient* 
> history and is of no interest to me (or most others on the OpenSolaris 
> project).  I'm interested in today and yesterday, and possibly last 
> month....  I'm not even very interested in build 52 and I'm about to 
> upgrade a machine running build 68.

Mostly agreed.  I think part of the confusion is that some folks may
think that "Sun" is a single entity with one mind.  It's really not.
It's composed of people, who each have personal priorities, various
parts of Sun management to which to report (each with their own view),
and varying kinds of skills.  And only a very few of whom can actually
speak on behalf of Sun.

The person that Joerg worked with back in 2002 isn't here anymore.
That might be unfortunate, but it's reality.  So, the idea that
there's some on-going effort between this composite "Mr. Sun" person
and Joerg just doesn't match up with reality.

As you're saying, if someone wants to go through with integration,
then under the current rules, he needs to get a sponsor.  Bonus points
if he doesn't somehow manage on the way to discourage and offend all
who might otherwise have been interested in helping out.

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