Sriram Narayanan wrote: > <snip /> > If we think of the osunix effort as a platform, then Belenix would be > one of the many efforts contributing to, showcasing, and making use of > that platform. There are different people who want to achieve > different things based on opensolaris. Some want to enter the storage > space, others want to a crossbow based network firewall/router device, > yet others may want something else (servers for build, media, > communication, etc). All of us can work together to ensure that osunix > works fine as a platform, and can then use the build and packaging > mechanism for our specific needs. Belenix would then be one such > consumer - a KDE based distro which uses osunix build and packaging > mechanisms. > Very nicely written Sriram. In addition to Belenix.. Milax is now moving to OSUNIX. I've been in talks with the main developer from PulsarOS, StormOS and many other community developers. I won't go into the technical details for now, but we'll have a main tree and then each community that wants to do something unique will be able to maintain only a rolling "diff" against the changes. The changes will tie directly into the packaging framework and only be added effort when there's a conflict. (Which as I imagine it won't be very often for Belenix since the goals are pretty similar.)
> >> So expect changes happening and new builds/releases coming out after >> the 0.8 release train is out. So drop your feedback on this list, what do >> people think ? >> > > Recently, Moinak and I realized that for those of us long involved > with the Belenix effort, we've simply had a conversation with each > other in person or over the phone, or over IM, and then gone ahead > with what ever needs doing. > > This will need to change, of course, with discussions happening more > on a mailing list than in person. > Hopefully as we become more self hosting.. We can setup creative ways to all stay in better contact and sync up online/offline conversations. It's something to brainstorm, but there's nothing stopping us from having a OSUNIX chat network or something so we can do a conference call. Tying in Ignite Realtime should be pretty easy in the future for example.. ./C
