Ian Murdock wrote:
> 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.
I agree, and perhaps all these thoughts need to get down on paper, and start
fleshing out the details. We need to, I believe, get to a stage where we are
producing bits that people can download and install. It might not be fully
functional, but it's a defined release and something that people can base their
work around.
Maybe that set of bits has the following form -
0.1 Basic Installer (Caiman) + SUNWCreq
0.2 As above + package infrastructure
0.3 As above + initial package list
0.4 [etc etc..]
...
0.8 Beta 1
0.9 Beta 2
1.0 First release
It means that for each defined deadline, there's a set of tasks that we need to
get done, though doesn't stop people from thinking about other issues in
parallel. If everyone thought that was a good idea, I'll start fleshing out a
more defined roadmap and stake in the ground.
Glynn
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