The relationship between OpenSolaris and ARC

[Joseph Kowalski]

Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Joseph Kowalski <jek3 at sun.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> I've been known to misread or misunderstand statements before.  So, let me
>> ask directly...
>>
>>     Roy, John,... Do you believe that any community delivering code is 
>> required
>>     to interact with the ARC, and to adhere to the decisions of the ARC 
>> (delta
>>     override cases).
>>     
>
> If the ARC is intended to control the overall funtionality and interfaces from 
> Solaris, communities would need to interact with the ARC. But then, a 
> sub-community needs to be able to veto against othe people's proposals that 
> would harm the interfaces of this sub-community.
>
> If there is no veto, ARC decisions could harm Solaris interfaces. I see no 
> benefit in such an ARC....
>
> An ARC needs to work in a way that makes it accepted by all communities.
>
> If we are interested in binary compatibility between different OpenSolaris
> based distributions, we cannot allow one entitiy to harm another one. 
> If some people ignore the needs from other parts of the community, we will
> end up with many incompatible distributions.
>
> Conclusion:
>
> The ARC is accepted if the ARC itself accepts the constraints of all 
> sub-communities.
>
> Jörg
>
>   
One word - circular.

- jek3