* Martin Bochnig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > p.s. OpenSolaris.com can continue to use IPS. It is their loss > (truly). I would not benefit at all if they ever switched to conary > (what they will never do, because they _cannot_ admit they made the > smallest thing wrong). I'm not the author of conary, nor hold any > license. We ported it exclusively because we realized its > powerfulness. But the OpenSolaris user base does not seem to value it, > when somebody external really starts to scratch on his head, how it > could significantly be improved. Instead they kick you. Or at least > ignore you.
If you take a step back and analyze the situation you're describing, perhaps there is something to be learned from why you feel that the community is 'kicking' you or 'ignoring' you. You happen to think (based on your recent postings) that the Conary packaging system has some merit and value in an OpenSolaris distribution. And so, in the true spirit of OpenSource you've picked up the ball and started to run with it by creating your own derivative distribution of OpenSolaris based on Conary. That's great. Presumably you did so because it interests you personally. Also great. Lots of OpenSource software starts out this way. Someone (or a collection of someones, though not necessary) has an idea they think is great and has the desire to give birth to that idea. Certainly commendable and to be encouraged. I've certainly seen no one discouraging you, other than to say that Sun's Distribution of OpenSolaris is going in a different direction. But that's not a discouragement, derivative distributions should be and are free to implement whatever technologies they want. That's the whole point of being derivative. For what it's worth, I don't recall seeing the Nexenta folks raising a fuss making disparaging remarks about Sun's decisions for it's OpenSolaris distribution when they were trying to get Nexenta off the ground using apt (their package manager of choice). And they appear to have a thriving community and even a business model I believe because others believe in what they are doing which is different from what Sun is doing. All goodness. That said, to expect (or demand) that others are going to share in your idea(s) seems to me like you're just asking to be disappointed. Shouldn't it be enough if *you* find the idea interesting? Surely you aren't doing what you do solely for recognition or some expectation of payment. I've followed a lot of OpenSource projects in my lifetime. While there have been people who started projects explicitly for 'fame and fortune', that number is very low in my observation. I've observed that people start projects and write code because they find it particularly interesting to them. And if others happen to come along and find what they are doing useful then that is just gravy. And yes, sometimes those people who aren't looking for 'fame and fortune' find it as an unintended side-effect. A win-win all around as it were. My point is that if people really find what you are doing interesting, they'll come to you. Provided you don't drive them away. For whatever it's worth. Cheers, -- Glenn _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
