On 7/16/07, Ian Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Miner wrote: > > The project has to have a clear statement of what it will be initially - > > is it a desktop that will attract people to OpenSolaris, or a minimal > > base core to be used in building a bunch of distros? I believe that Ian > > and Glynn have expressed strongly the former. > > Yep. In my view, we're first and foremost building a distro that > will grow the userbase. We should also have some notion of a core > that's the compatibility baseline for derivatives, but I believe > that's secondary and can be done as a subsetting exercise once we > get to the distro. I strongly agree with "minimalist" though in > the sense that we shouldn't ship multiple options--where > we can, let's just pick one and make sure it's integrated and works. > Missing something? It's just a "pkg install" away; and, if it's > something big like KDE, things like "Kindiana" will no doubt emerge. > Or if we ship KDE and someone wants Gindiana
In the vein of minimalism, why not ship a minimalist WM like fluxbox and avoid the flame war altogether. Really, shutting me up about this issue is a simple vote away, but nobody seems to want to consult the community. -- PGP Public Key 0x437AF1A1 Availiable on hkp://pgp.mit.edu _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
