Irssi for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/481 FastTrack timeout 08/05/2008]

[Irene Huang]

Darren 

Thanks for the explanation. 
We will sign different contracts for different projects. 

thanks 

--Irene 
On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 11:18 +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote:
> Irene Huang wrote:
> > Darren 
> > 
> > Do you mean that you we have to sign one contract for each of the
> > project even if the projects belongs to one manager, and the all the
> > projects consume the same interfaces? 
> 
> Yes because while the projects currently belong to the manager 
> organisational structures change.  The ARC process only tracks projects 
> not management structure.
> 
> > I don't think that makes sense. 
> 
> It does if you look at it from an ARC view.  ARC is all about projects.
> Regardless of wither or not you think it makes sense that is how it 
> currently works and changing it requires a change of ARC policy that you 
> can not do in this case.
> 
> > The function of contracts is to make sure that the consumers of a
> > specific interface know that when the changes of the interfaces may
> > affect them.  And I do think that one contract for one manager would do
> > that. 
> 
> Only given the current organisational structure.
> 
> Let me give you an example.
> 
> SSH uses OpenSSL for libcrypto.  Originally SSH had a private copy of 
> libcrypto, then I made OpenSSL publically visible, same engineer same 
> manager but still we signed contracts.  Later SSH and OpenSSL became 
> owned by different managers, then later again the same manager (but a 
> different one than the original).   Things change.
> 
> The current ARC process requires that contracts be signed even in the 
> case that the supplying and consuming manager are currently the same 
> person if the projects are different.
>