OpenSolaris Projects FAQ
From Genunix
This makes no claim to being complete. But if you help by adding information, it can become *more* complete.
Q: Can you point me to some sample emails that folks have sent to opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris dot org to initiate a project?
A: Here are four recent good ones: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2007-January/022985.html http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2007-January/023026.html http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2007-January/023088.html http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2007-January/023245.html
Q: I posted a project proposal to one of the opensolaris mailing lists. Is that OK?
A: In order for a proposal to be considered "official", it's supposed to be posted, or cross-posted to opensolaris-discuss. (It's intended to ensure broad discussion exposure).
Q: Each project and community homepage shows a list of "leaders". In that context, what's a leader?
A: Currently "project leader" is a mis-nomer in that context. Being on the leader list for a project (or community) means you have the ability to edit the project. And there can be any number of leaders.
Getting a project started is really easy and whoever does it first is made the initial project page owner (so-called "leader"). I'd just make sure everyone who's got a vested interest in the project is on the list -- then you're all equal "co-leaders/co-owners" and you can all put up content, files, etc.
Q: What's the password for my new project page?
A: The way it works is the system knows which project leader(s) goes with which project(s). So all you have to do is log in as yourself and you'll automatically have owner/edit privileges for your project pages.
Q: Please make me a co-leader for project xyz
A: When someone wants to be added as a "leader" to a community or project, an existing leader is supposed to make that judgment -- and they also have system privileges that allow them to do the action.
Q: I proposed a project and got some discussion, but nobody clearly seconded it. What should I do?
A: Contact the people who seemed like they might be supportive (offline is fine) and request that they second your proposal (on-list of course).
Q: We have a new project, can we have a "dev" (i.e. coding-specific) mailing list for our project?
A: Yes *-dev lists are fine. The ZFS community, for example, was the first to split off a coding list because of the high traffic on the zfs-discuss list.
Q: Can I make the archive for our *-dev list private?
A: Nobody does that. I believe it's against opensolaris.org policy. In other words, by deciding to put the project on opensolaris.org, your team is agreeing to have development discussions (including design reviews, code reviews, etc.) in the open.
Q: I'm ready to go live with my new project, can you help me write the announcement?
A: Minimally, you should include a sentence with a link to the project home page, and a sentence about the mailing-list(s).
Other than that, project announcements have historically run the whole gamut. Here a couple examples that you might find helpful -- the shortest one ever, and the longest one ever.
To: opensolaris-announce at opensolaris dot org Subject: ProjectName now live
The ProjectName project is now live at http://opensolaris.org/os/project/projectname
Discussion will take place on projectname-discuss at opensolaris dot org. See the project page to subscribe.
Brandz announcement http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-announce/2005-December/000415.html
