The relationship between OpenSolaris and ARC

[John Plocher]

Joseph Kowalski wrote:
>> <http://opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/governance/#ARTICLE_VIII.__Community_Group_Voting_Procedures> 
>>
> Well, this is interesting.  What the Constitution implies seems to be 
> directly in conflict with the development process.
> 
> Taken by itself, the Constitution seems to make the ARC process 
> irrelevant...


AlanC spent some time early last year on the topic of OS.o & ARC &
Consolidations,  which (IMO) where clarification and policy is needed.

With dozens of dysfunctional communities overlapping each other (ON,
ZFS, DTrace...), we seem to have invented a system that promotes chaos
and anarchy over integration and predictability, as well as a culture
that values the potential whims of random participants over the long
term needs of sun-corporate and Solaris.

I'm not sure how to fix things without building a coalition of like
minded fools that all want to run for seets on the OGB...

> Something seems amiss.

Without a real ON community, things are hard.  Once there is such a
beast, it could simply vote to require ARC approvals before any and all
gate integrations.

   -John