OpenJDK Governing Board Minutes: 20011/4/21

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 29 April 2011 16:53, Mike Milinkovich <mike.milinkovich at eclipse.org> wrote:
>
>> It might help the contributors be more patient if they understood why it
>> helps the OpenJDK community to wait for this.  Neither the minutes from
> the
>> board meeting nor the ensuing discussion in the last twelve hours really
>> explain why waiting indefinitely is better than letting OpenJDK 8 get
>> started now.
>>
>> Put another way, what bad things might happen if it starts now?
>
> Mark,
>
> Good question, thanks. My apologies for a delayed response.
>
> I think the short answer is that Doug and I believe that governance matters.
> We did think this through, and our judgment call at the time was the we
> needed to push this governance creation process to completion, and the Java8
> project was some leverage to do so. It is certainly arguable whether we made
> the right decision, but that is the explanation of why.
>

Did it not seem appropriate to ask those working on the project first
before stifling their work in this manner?
This is exactly what governance should NOT be doing; preventing a FOSS
project from being one by preventing
people from working in the open.

There's not much point in governance if your actions leave you with
no-one to govern.
-- 
Andrew :-)

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