Hey,
Over the last couple of days or so, I've started to think about the media kits
a
little more, particularly with respect to http://get.opensolaris.org for the
OpenSolaris release, but also in terms of being able to create derivations
targeting specific sets of our potential user base.
As I see it, I think it should be possible to create a generic framework that
would allow us to swap in and out components, depending on that focus - with
the
addition of more CD's depending on the focus.
As such you could think about a number of standalone 'modules' -
o OpenSolaris LiveCD ISO image
This is the standard image that has been part of the
OpenSolaris Developer Preview series, providing the
user a LiveCD image, with an opportunity to demo it
before they install it to their system. This will
track the standard ISO images produced as part of
Project Indiana, complete with IPS should they wish to
download and install additional software from the
network package repositories
o OpenSolaris Source Code
With the very real limitations of network bandwidth
across the world, most notably in emerging communities such
as India, China and many parts of Africa, it is absolutely
vital for people to have easy access to the source code.
This module will provide source code to the various consolidations
working out on opensolaris.org as a checked out repository
(either Mercurial or Subversion), allowing the user to pull
updates from the network or browse off-line. Additionally
with a simple set of scripts provided, it will provide an
opportunity for those running the OpenSolaris distribution to
run an OpenGrok instance and allow full searching on the
local source code. This could also be useful in a classroom
environment, where network access is limited.
o User Documentation
This module will provide all the user documentation for running
the OpenSolaris distribution, complete with a number of tutorials
or other guides.
o Developer
In the developer section, it will provide a set of simple tools
and applications to develop on OpenSolaris, both for the
OpenSolaris community itself and also in the wider developer
community.
OpenSolaris Community
- Mercurial, SVN, OpenGrok
- ON build tools
- Sun Studio Compiler
General Developer Community
- Netbeans
- Sun Studio Compiler
o Module Variations
A number of variations of the Media Kit should be possible, including
a tailored set of derivations of the OpenSolaris distribution. Some
possibilities may include -
- Wordpress/Roller Blog Appliance
Run an instance of the popular Wordpress blogging application,
with everything automatically configured out of the box,
including a web server.
- Ruby on Rails Web Developer
Provide a running web server with DTrace enabled Ruby, Firefox
and Apache server.
- HPC Research
Provide a set of developer tools to monitor performance and
throughput for highly parallel tasks.
- Others Appliance
Are there other specific appliances we could be doing?
- Xen Client
Automatic Xen client configured out of the box.
- Community Participant
Provide an out of the box OS that could be installed to
automatically mirror sources/binaries or whatever to another
part of the world, helping the global distribution of OpenSolaris
Anyway, just throwing this out to see if there's any ideas people have that
haven't been captured. I'm sure there's *heaps* of other possibilities,
particularly around making it really easy for people to contribute to the
project. Let me know what you think!?
Glynn
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