Darren Kenny wrote: > 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. > > I also feel that if things are made available in their unstable/experimental > form - and easily installable, a strength if IPS - then it's easier for people > to find and contribute to making it more Solaris friendly early on by > "scratching that itch" of theirs. > > Unfortunately we tend to pick up on things from the FOSS communities late in > their development cycle when it's late to influence sufficiently to be able to > have good integration into Solaris. > > Thanks, > > Darren. > I couldn't agree more.
Really! Ubuntu (and others) have figured this out. We seem to be running to catch the last train that has already left, rather than working toward the next one. - jek3
