[ogb-discuss] [opensolaris-summit] My comments (very subjective) on proposed Summit topics

[James Carlson]

Stephen Lau writes:
> Darren Reed wrote:
> > To which I'd say that the board must be comprised of only those
> > who commit or make changes to the source code of opensolaris,
> > not those that are only involved in the ARC, website, etc.
[...]
> > Open source projects are fundamentally about code, everything
> > else is just window dressing.  The right to be taken seriously
> > should be inline with the contribution to the source code base.
> 
> Which only sets up an even more elitist atmosphere.   You would be 
> eliminating the valuable contributions of people who are docs people, 
> translations, artists, evangelists, etc.

Indeed.

> There is nothing inherent about cutting code that somehow makes someone 
> qualified to run or lead an open source project or community.

I agree.

Perhaps more importantly for this thread, though, I would like some
clarification from Darren on what he thinks are the existing
deficiencies in the OGB.  In other words, I can't tell if he's
speaking in generic terms about all open source projects aside from
OpenSolaris, or if he has some clear complaint to be made about the
current membership.  The wording seems deliberately inflammatory,
though.

If he does in fact have a complaint, I'd like to hear it.  I *am* an
ARC member, along with one of the other elected OGB members, but that
somehow doesn't keep me (or Alan) from writing code.  Am I the
unqualified one due to a lack of political prowess, serving on the
wrong committees, or just for my code?  I'd really like to know.

Who are those drag-inducing people of whom Darren writes?  If I'm it,
please make sure I don't end up winning the first round of the vote
next time we do this.  ;-}

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