Dennis Clarke wrote:
The real issue on the table should be to get a UNIX derivitive distro
going and not to re-invent the wheel. Just my two cents. More money below.
[...]
It sounds interesting and of value long term but a little outside of the
scope of Indiana I would think.
Not in my view.
Yes, the #1 goal here is to get into the distro mindset.
That means thinking about process and infrastructure,
refactoring the core, integrating a package system, etc.
However, while these things might be a big deal for the existing
community of Solaris users, it probably doesn't help us *grow*
the community--most people coming from Linux look at a package
system as simply a cost of doing business. Put another way,
no one from Linux is going to look at a package
system and think "I've gotta have that!". They already do..
So, while we're thinking about process and infrastructure and all that,
we also need to think about the features that are the draw for the
Linux crowd. I'm not advocating that we launch ambitious new
projects, simply that we better utilize what we already
have. I agree that the former would be getting us off track.
That said, even longer term thinking is in scope as long as we
don't get carried away--but that's project management 101. If
Project Indiana is really an umbrella project, it should be
producing a roadmap, gathering requirements that can inform
what projects are the most important to invest in, trying to
align the timelines of the various projects so that outsiders
get a more cohesive view into the OpenSolaris platform,
what new features are coming and when etc. (platform 101 :-).
Anyway. Not to get off track, but this is an important thing to
keep in mind as we continue to discuss things. We need a short
term set of deliverables, things we can deliver in the fall timeframe,
along with a solid plan for getting them done (resourcing etc.);
we need a medium term roadmap, things that ideally get us to the
next release of Solaris; and we need a long term vision, where
do we want this to go in the next 5 or 10 years, i.e.,
how do Solaris and OpenSolaris fit together, things like that.
That's how I'm looking at Project Indiana anyway.
-ian
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