On 8/1/07, Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Shawn Walker wrote: > > On 26/06/07, Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Shawn Walker wrote: > >> > On 26/06/07, Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Peter Tribble wrote: > >> >> > By people, what's the target audience at this stage? I think my > >> question > >> >> is > >> >> > really whether the first "release" is aimed at users, or whether there > >> >> should > >> >> > be a 0.0 "release" solely for the purpose of Indiana bootstrapping? > >> >> > >> >> Good question. So that raises the issue of "non-emancipated" > >> >> (non-redistributable) files. That is, should there be a 0.0 or 0.1 > >> >> release that includes them in it? (I vote no, FWIW.) > >> >> > >> >> And if not, wouldn't that be the main constraint here? > >> > > >> > Non-emancipated is not the same as non-redistributable. Remember that > >> > there are binary "blobs" that are redistributable. There are several > >> > files right now that can be redistributed but have not been > >> > emancipated that are very important for the basic system. (libm.so > >> > comes to mind... I think). > >> > >> Yes, thanks. I meant non-redistributable. > > > > I don't even know that we have a list of what is non-redistributable. > > I would have to agree that is probably a pretty important point for > > the first release. That way the iso can be downloaded, shared, and > > mirrored everywhere. > > I agree, and even more so now in light of the distro constructor project. > > > > > I know there is a list of what is "encumbered", but is anyone aware of > > a list of what it isn't redistributable? > > > > There's a place where this is tabulated now: > http://opensolaris.org/os/about/no_source/ > > So for example, if someone used the ON consolidation (click on the ON > tab) as a base for something, the following is a list of what must be > omitted or replaced, as they are non redistributable, closed binaries. > (Question: Does anybody know if the SUNCreq/SUNWCrnet > mini-metaclusters are derived fully from ON or not?) > > Eric > > > audioens driver Ensonig 1371/1373 and Creative Labs 5880 driver support > pcn driver AMD PCnet Ethernet controller device driver > phx driver Kernel driver interfaces > scmi2c driver Smart Transporter chip device driver > spwr driver SMC EtherPower II (EPIC) 10/100 (9432) Ethernet device > driver > ksh88 Korn shell
I thought Opensolaris already reached the consensus on the ksh88 matter: Replace the old ksh88 with ksh93 - or do you have other plans? IMO it would be a shame to throw away all the work of the last year. Irek _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
