[ogb-discuss] New Project to be instantiated: Define the OpenSolaris ARC Process

[John Plocher]

As required by the OGB's project instantiation process, as documented at
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/policies/project-instantiation.txt,
the ARC community has discussed and achieved consensus on the creation of
the following project, and so requests that the OGB cause it to be
instantiated.

    -John Plocher


===== ARC Process Definition Project =====

Name
	ARC Process Definition

	alias: arc-process at os.o

Synopsis
	A project to define the intended relationship and associated
	interactions between the Architecture Community and the other
	OpenSolaris Community Groups and Projects.

Sponsor
	Architecture CG

Participants

	The following is a list of OpenSolaris members* who contributed to
	the discussion threads that resulted in this project:

	John Plocher
	Joerg Schilling
	Shawn Walker
	Garrett D'Amore
	Casper Dik
	Alan Duboff
	Roy Fielding
	Joseph Kowalski
	James Carlson
	Richard Lowe
	Glynn Foster
	Alan Coopersmith
	Danek Duvall
	Paul Jakma
	Darren Reed
	Brian Utterback
	Darren Moffat
	Richard Hamilton
	Mark Martin
	Glenn Skinner
	Bart Blanquart

	____
	[*] Martin Bochnig also contributed, but as he explicitly resigned his
	OpenSolaris membership on Nov 18, 2007, I don't know whether he should be
	included:
	http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/click.jspa?searchID=751309&messageID=177436

Description

	Charter: To develop a formal proposal that can be brought back
	to the ARC community and thus to the OS.o community at large that
	sets forth the specifics of what the relationship should be
	between the Architecture CG and the rest of OS.o, how it is
	expected to interact with the various CGs and Projects, and how
	the Architecture CG itself is intended to operate.

Related Projects

	None (alternatively, one could say "All" and mean it  :-)

Context

	ON/Nevada OpenSolaris Development Process
	http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/os_dev_process/

	Sun's ARC Process
      	http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/handbook/sun-reviewprocess/

	Preliminary (and somewhat dated) draft OS.o ARC proposal
	http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/handbook/arc-dev-process/

Scope of work (Preliminary)

	Some of the things that I expect that this project will need to
	contemplate, address and/or define are:

	    1) For context and understanding:

		1A) How does the Sun ARC system operate today?
		1B) What was the ARC/dev process that was developed
		    as part of the OS.o community launch?
		1C) What other development processes are in use in
		    the community?
		1D) What roles exist in the OS.o community?
		    How do they relate to the development and ARC
		    processes?
		1E) What workflows exist in the OS.o community today?
	            How do they relate to the development and ARC
		    processes?

	    2) Who should "do" ARC?  When and how long?

	    3) Who/what should "be" ARCd?  When and how often?

	    4) Who consumes the output of the ARC process?
	       What are those artifacts?  Are ARC decisions binding
	       or merely advisory?  Who decides?

	    5) Not all CGs/Projects have the same needs.  What
	       interactions are expected or desired between the
	       Consolidation CGs,  the "other" CGs, Projects,
	       the various Distros, the Architecture Community
	       and this thing we call the "ARC"?

	    6) What do the terms "do", "be" and "ARC" mean as used above?

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