[Oslc-steeringcommittee] SCM WG rechartering proposal for meeting

[John Wiegand]

>From our July 19, 2012 meeting [5], we discussed the proposed SCM 
rechartering and took the action to present the Steering Committee with a 
set of options on how to realize the change.

As discussed in the meeting, we are all in support of a ConfigMgmt 
workgroup that addresses the technical issues outlined in the draft 
charter.  The homework is to determine how best to handle the logistics 
for the existing SCM workgroup.  Following are the two options we 
discussed, with an initial assessment of the characteristics of each:

1. Broaden the scope of the existing SCM WG and rename it
This implies that there will be no separate SCM WG (and therefore no 
separate SCM WG page).  What exists today as the SCM WG, will be broadened 
into the ConfigMgmt WG. This option transitions the SCM WG into a new 
active workgroup, so there is no left-over "dead" SCM WG. If interest in 
SCM surfaces in the future, a focus area in the ConfigMgmt WG could be 
created.  If there is extensive interest (something that we have not seen 
so far), a new SCM WG could be created.

2. Create a new ConfigMgmt WG, archive the SCM WG
The existing SCM WG will not show up in the list of workgroups.  There 
will be a separate part of the web site to find archived workgroups. We 
could remove the content entirely from the web (and provide a zip archive) 
or leave in a quiescent state (with the only link being from the archive 
summary page).

The ConfigMgmt charter matches the original SCM goals, providing 
clarification (and, of course, changes the name).  Therefore, I have a 
slight preference for option #1.

Please reply with further questions or your input.

Appreciate your timely response on this. 

Regards,

John Wiegand
IBM Distinguished Engineer
Rational Chief Architect
OSLC Steering Committee Chair

[5] - http://open-services.net/wiki/120719-StC-Meeting/#minutes



From:   Steve K Speicher/Raleigh/IBM at IBMUS
To:     oslc-steeringcommittee at open-services.net, 
Date:   07/18/2012 09:56 AM
Subject:        [Oslc-steeringcommittee] SCM WG rechartering proposal for 
meeting
Sent by:        oslc-steeringcommittee-bounces at open-services.net



The OSLC Core WG [1] supports the proposed rechartering of the "Software 
Configuration Management" WG [2] to be "Configuration Management" WG as 
defined at [3].
See recent email [4] from Nick Crossley the current SCM WG lead and 
proposed "Configuration Management" WG lead summarizing this.

See also in Nick's email the discussion around the proposed naming of the 
WG.

I will be on the StC call to cover this topic if there are any questions.

[1]: 
http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcCoreMeetings20120711#Minutes
[2]: http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/ScmHome
[3]: http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/ConfigurationManagement
[4]: 
http://open-services.net/pipermail/oslc-core_open-services.net/2012-July/001418.html


Thanks,
Steve Speicher | IBM Rational Software | (919) 254-0645


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