> I'd be very surprised if someone rewrote history to > declare Indiana > the cause of the first OpenSolaris fork, given that > we've already > got Nexenta, Schillix, Belenix and Martux.
Those aren't forks, since they sync up with the main OpenSolaris codebase on a regular basis. A fork is a codebase that no longer syncs with its ancestor, but is instead worked on independently, in parallel. A fork might import some desired functionality down the road, or might not, or might even prohibit importing anything from a particular codebase. So in that sense, none of the distros you mentioned above are forks. They are all based on OpenSolaris, and draw from it on a regular basis. It is, on the other hand, highly questionable whether syncing up with "Indiana" would be desirable if it came to a true OpenSolaris fork. In my belief, such an action would be highly undesirable, hence the fork! This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
