A big -1 from me We don't need YetAnotherDistro to jump start the community ( some might argue that Ian-diana does the opposite, since it's entirely a Sun initiative ), we need open development.
As it stands we have a bug database behind sun's firewall that stuff occasionally goes missing from and other times is entirely useless ( "see description" isn't a useful description ), and a code repo which is similarly behind sun's walls. As for the distro idea itself, if sun wants to build another distro, that's their perogative, but we already have a couple fine unencumbered distros as it is ( BeleniX, Nexenta ), so what's the point of this one, beyond another product that Sun Microsystems can sell support for? > Hey, > > Here's the project proposal that should have been out > a long while back > (apologies, I'm happy to take the blame on this one). > Before anyone gets too > caught up in how little the proposal actually covers, > I intend to follow up with > my thoughts if and when the project alias gets > created - I'd like that > discussion to be far more focused than > opensolaris-discuss has been. > > > Glynn > > == > > 1.1 Summary > > This project proposes to create an OpenSolaris > binary distribution, > previously known as 'Project Indiana'. > 2 Description > > This project proposes to create an OpenSolaris > binary distribution > with a long term goal of increasing the userbase > and growing > mindshare in the volume market by providing easy > access to the > technology created within the OpenSolaris > community. > A 6 monthly time based release schedule will > focus energies in producing > a single CD install, and putting OpenSolaris on a > path to being a > distribution as well as a source base. With a > focus on the user experience, > it is hoped that with wide distribution, the > OpenSolaris ecosystem will > grow, providing valuable feedback to the project. > This project is expected to be long term, with > regular releases and > regular goals with a focus on closing the > familiarity gap for new > users of the platform, but also compatible to > Solaris users today. > This project will have an emphasis on release > engineering process > and infrastructure initially, coupled with some > user visible > improvements to the existing pain points within > Solaris. > > 1.3 Sponsors > > This project has a lot of overlap with a number > of Community Groups in > terms of technology but has particularly strong > links to the > 'Distributions & Packaging' Community Group. > 4 Involvement > > There is a strong intention for this to be a > community grass roots > project, with open contribution. We hope for this > project to be > consensus driven, though ultimately the project > leads will need > to dictate direction if that proves unfeasible for > delivering > a timely release. While many of those decisions > can be made within > that specific project area, based on requirements, > there may be a > real need for a sole arbitor, Ian Murdock. > 5 Related Projects > > This project will, over time, start to include > many of the existing > projects that are already being worked upon and > stable enough to > include under the opensolaris.org umbrella, > encouraging the best > innovation within the community. > 6 Other > > With this proposal there is an opportunity to > create a base > distribution that other community groups can > re-distribute for > their own needs. This distribution proposal hopes > to draw > together existing innovations across the > OpenSolaris > community, encouraging collaboration and > communication. > ______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
