On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Michal Bielicki wrote: > Michal Bielicki wrote: >> S h i v wrote: >> >>> The desktop-community[1] members, SFW consolidation[2] list members & >>> Image Packaging System project[3] members might be interested in this. >>> You may want to consider mailing to those lists as well. >>> >>> SFE project is an excellent effort to port softwares to opensolaris by >>> members of desktop community. Lots of them are available in the >>> repository (http://pkgbuild.sourceforge.net/spec-files-extra). >>> >>> best regards >>> Shiv >>> >>> [1] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop >>> [2] http://opensolaris.org/os/project/sfwnv/discussions >>> [3] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg >>> >> >> I know, I ported unixODBC to SFE and extended libcurl to be 32/64bit in >> there as well. I wanted to first follow the classic approval lines >> and than pass it to the other lists with the question who would be >> interested. One of the reasons for us doing this proposal is exactly the >> confusion that gets created >> cause most portingis hidden in other projects, like Desktop, which for >> example is the totaly wrong place for my porting efforts which are all >> in the VoIP server space :) >> > As a person coming from a post communist country, comittees and similar > always scaare me ;) > So > I found out that to create a community we need to apply to the OGB and > that the PLOSUG as a Project can not > be one of the Sponsors of another project. Since most of the packagers > are currently on the Desktop list I am CCing this to the Desktop list > and CCing it as a request for a new Community to the OGB as well > > cheers > > Michal >
Hi Michal, Shiv -- It seems that this has come down to two options... 1. Have the Desktop Community Group sponsor this effort as a project. 2. Have this effort be a Community Group in its own right. Although neither is ideal, I personally think option #1 is better than option #2. I realize that your proposal aims at all types of packages, not just desktop; and that the name of this Community Group, Desktop CG, implies a scope that's too narrow. Nevertheless, I think the Desktop CG could still be a very compatible home (for OpenSolaris porters project) because it has such a strong history for spawning and supporting porting activities in general -- desktop, server, and other. Eric P.S. Also note that if project grows big enough and vibrant enough at the project level, it can easily get itself promoted to become Community Group.
