On Feb 20, 2008 5:17 PM, Darren Kenny <Darren.Kenny at sun.com> wrote: > <snip> > > I feel that we're digressing here, and moving away from the main topic, but I > just can't help providing my *personal opinion* here: > > I personally feel that this is where there is the need for > unstable/experimental > package repositories (similar to blastwave, but where it's located on > opensolaris.org) so that such OSS s/w can be available without being in the > core > of OpenSolaris/Solaris - sometimes we just want to make something available to > users (developers) rather than have full integration. > > Over time, if there is sufficient interest (through measuring installs of the > packages or requests from customers) in bringing this into Solaris then we can > pursue the effort of stabilising things and doing the full Solaris/Sun > engineering thought process. >
Not sure if it is appropriate for me to comment here. I would agree to this and would like to point people to the *very successful* MOTU process of ubuntu. MOTU (Masters Of The Universe) are the volunteers who maintain the universe and multiverse components of ubuntu repository. The "Main" and "Restricted" are components are maintained with support for security fixes. This approach adds tremendous value to ubuntu as a distro. regards Shiv
