[ogb-discuss] so who are those "core contributors" anyway?

[James Carlson]

Someone (probably Keith) can correct me here, but I think I'm now
running into exactly the same confusion myself that others are with
the new process.

First of all, the instructions here:

  http://opensolaris.org/os/projects/

don't match up at all with what I thought we agreed to.  Why is this
text still out of date?  Who has the ability to change it (I know I
don't)?

I'm under the impression that in order to start a new project, I need
"endorsement" from a "community."  That part is clear, but that's
where things start getting murky.  I don't know what "endorsement"
really means.  The word doesn't show up in the constitution.  Searches
of the archives show zillions of people asking the same question, but
no clear answers.

At a guess, I *think* the project proposal needs a "+1" from a "core
contributor" in that "community."  This is where I run into the next
problem.  Nothing on the site seems to list who the "core
contributors" might be for any community group.  How can I ask for
endorsement if I don't even know whom I'm asking?  Just send a message
to the open list and hope for the best?  What if someone who doesn't
have the right appellation gives a +1?  Do those people even know who
they are?  (I know I don't know if I'm considered a "core contributor"
anywhere, and I see no way to look up such information.)

And it seems that the actual endorsement needs to be put into effect
on the web site itself by a "community leader" who has the ability to
change the web site.  But now I'm in a catch-22: communities can
currently endorse only those projects that already exist, because the
"endorse a project" link goes to a pre-set list of the known projects.
The tool restricts this.  Thus, I can't get an endorsement until my
project exists, and I can't create my project until I have an
endorsement.

But it is clear that I'm crazy if I want to fly.  ;-}

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