On 26/06/07, MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If the zone stuff will take as much work as I think, I'd leave it off the first release feature list entirely. The Linux zone isn't really interesting because it doesn't support the 2.6 kernel, and regular zones are an advanced feature that will appeal to a tiny portion of the user base.
Eh? Why would that matter? 2.6 kernel API support isn't *necessary* for any popular applications / games, etc. that I know of.
Anyone is free to work on this stuff of course, but I'd leave zones off the top priority list until more commonly used features are done. Once that happens, I'd make a fuss about zones only when there is a compelling reason for normal folks to use them, and a GUI to help them do it. A possible example: putting a file server in one zone, a MythTV-like PVR in another zone, and a developer workstation in a final zone.
I do agree that zones seem to be a great resource commitment for little ROI for the initial release.
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