Possible resolution: Respin the Indiana preview with the latest fixes and updates as a December update? We could review the "situation" during the holidays before the next official beta release???
1. This allows a better community and communication vehicle on 'where we are today' so the community and developers can help polish the product more effectively. 2. Fixes a few minor issues we had with the initial product and add suggestions made after many reviews (note: package management toolset). I can see the Indiana CD replacing "SXCE" one day but not SXDE - in concept of a larger distro under the "tested and supported by Sun" model and beta product packaging. The smaller CD allows a quicker way of distribution for review of the latest OpenSolaris code from various projects. Consumers can then download "on demand" what they need from the package repository sites. Make sure consumers understand that the sold and marketed Solaris product and SXDE are main avenues for application software developement and commercial product testing (just to keep things on the safe side). Indiana is more desktop-oriented and "open" so you may not get all your nicely "closed" binary code that will allow you to run Java Enterprise or StarOffice products on Indiana. 3. Also need to look at the bi-weekly updates versus monthly updates. Monthly updates allow "issues" to be resolved a bit more than the bi-weekly model. Yet, I'm sure internally this has been discussed. 4. The concept of community contributions versus internally contributors during the Indiana project seems constricting more than expanding. I say this as users and journalists have commented on the "Indiana preview CD" - yet seem to not have knowledge of the many updates and "http://defect.opensolaris.org"; to submit bugs and enhancement requests. 5. I see the opportunity of updating wikis and blogs with an easy navigation on the latest Indiana-based info so users don't have to wade through a "Encyclopedia Brittanica" of webpages and sites on the Indiana-based projects just to get packages downloaded or a sound card working correctly. Maybe letting people know more about http://planet.opensolaris.org and http://www.genunix.org will help consumers stay up-to-date on where they can download Indiana-based distros and read up on the community evangelism efforts. Indiana provides a great baseline for developers to take a 'reference CD' and build upon. Hopefully, Y2008 will show more innovation and consumer acceptance of the concept as the OpenSolaris community moves forward on this initiative. ~ Ken Mays ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
