Hi, (Instead of replying to a message in one of the other threads I thought I > will create a new one.) > > Just wanted to say that I don't see a future for the project in its > current form. There is simply too many packages and too much baggage for a > handful of people to look after. >
I think you need to go back a level further. What's the project for? Try to put together a quick mission statement (or even a mission word). And work on an elevator pitch that can grab any member of your potential audience. Part of that is thinking about your audience - both the providers (contributors/developers) and consumers (users/customers). And also what differentiates you from other offerings. Specifically, thinking about other similar projects, what would OI offer that you wouldn't get from OmniOS (which I regard as the closest distro)? > I think the project needs a new vision and a reboot. If you have any ideas > for the project and can write scripts/makefiles to generate a distro/live > CDs/etc. - speak up! You don't have to be a leader if you don't want to :) > Concentrate on the vision, and get people engaged. That'll give you a start on having manpower to do the work. I had a completely different vision - both directionally and technically - and ended up completely throwing away all the build system(s), and the entire packaging and install infrastructure. Having to largely reinvent a whole mass of functionality for Tribblix from scratch was orders of magnitude easier than using what was inherited from OpenSolaris. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
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