On 11/3/07, Anil Gulecha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip/> > A proposal: > > - Change naming from Opensolaris to 'Opensolaris G' or K or X > (standing for gnome, kde, xfce.. GKX are just suggestions, use > giraffe, kite, Xenu, Gnome, KDE, XFCE, or whatever) > - Indiana goes on to become Opensolaris G
Sound like a plan - or at least the skeleton of one :) > - i. Define a set of core requirements that allows a distro to be > called Opensolaris <Word>. > - ii. Define a set of requirements that allow distro to be called > "based on opensolaris" > - iii. Define a set of requirements that allow distro to be called > "compatible with opensolaris" > (The requirements for i will be significantly stricter than ii, which > is higher than iii). > (i) can be used by distributions directly aimed at the desktop/server > community, (ii) and (iii) for DC created distros and appliance/custom > distros for specific purposes. We'll be setting high expectations for > (i) as they'll be used by a large audience) This sounds good too. In the Java space, there are the TCK (Tech Compliance Kits - I think) and there are reference implementations, and independent implementations - all of which have to pass the TCK. > - All of the above will be privileges. A creator can go ahead and name > his distro anything else if he so chooses. I'm reminded of "Belenix - innovating on OpenSolaris" :) -- Sriram _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
