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

[Joerg Schilling]

Darren Reed <Darren.Reed at Sun.COM> wrote:

> By presenting projects at the same level as a community,
> I believe we've done ourselves a disservice and have
> possibly made it harder to engage the broaders communities.

I did not like this disposition from the beginning. 

It prevented e.g. the creation of a general filesystem community and it
artificially limits the power of important people who did not become
a "community leader" because of this sructure.

I believe we should have an interest based structure where people who are 
interested in the same topic just communicate with each other.

One place where this should already happen is ARC cases. Unfortunately, 
it is possible to foil the ARC by using "fast tracks" for things that need
a detailed discussion. The fact that nobody is able to stop this creates a
sense of powerlessness.


Jörg

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