Hi Jim. I'm still very much interested in participating in this effort.
Thanks and take care. --joanie On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 11:07 -0600, Jim Walker wrote: > This concept was discussed a few months ago on indiana-discuss as a beta test > project, after looking at this more closely I refocused it on Use Cases since > that is what we really are needing. There were several people interested in > being part of a project like this. > > All input welcome. > > Specifically, I'm looking for five OpenSolaris users that want to help > lead and contribute to this project. I won't be leading it, but will > help out as I can. > > Cheers, > Jim > > === > > o Project: OpenSolaris Use Case Project > > o Short Description: > > The OpenSolaris Use Case Project collects, develops and validates OpenSolaris > operating system and application Use Cases and provides real world feedback to > development, documentation, testing and other OpenSolaris groups to help > ensure > users get what they need from OpenSolaris distributions and applications. > > o Project Description: > > The primary focus of the OpenSolaris Use Case Project is to evaluate and > organize real world OpenSolaris user experiences into Use Cases, case studies > and best practices for the benefit of other OpenSolaris users, and to provide > feedback to OpenSolaris developers, technical writers, testers and others so > they may produce better quality products and education materials that more > effectively meet user requirements. This project is run by users for users. > > Project roles and activities are diverse and include users bringing specific > issues into the discussion, end users and consultants bringing expertise and > focus to areas they are most interested in, Use Case organization and > development experts, and project leaders who organize the overall project > and review processes. > > Development, documentation, test teams and others can provide this project > materials they want user feedback on prior to release to help ensure the user > is getting what they need to be successful. > > Example areas of interest can include: > > * Core OpenSolaris Technologies > > zfs, smf, security, and DTrace and common OpenSolaris commands and utilities > > * OpenSolaris Installation and Packaging > > pkg, beadm commands, pkgmgr GUI, Automated Installer and Distro Constructor > > * OpenSolaris Desktop > > OpenSolaris desktop, layout and appearance and standard desktop applications > > * Virtualization > > zones, crossbow, ldoms, xVM, VirtualBox, etc... > > * OpenSolaris Distributions > > distribution centric use cases for BeleniX, MilaX, Nexenta, SchilliX etc... > > * OpenSolaris Applications > > OpenOffice, contrib repo applications, Oracle, etc... > > * Development Tools > > SunStudio, netbeans, hg, svn, etc... > > * Hardware Configurations > > Various hardware types and storage configurations, etc... > > * Combination Solutions > > Unique End User solutions using multiple technologies > > * Use Case Development > > This area focuses on Use Case development itself, including how Use Cases > are written, Use Case tools and the review process. Both formal and informal > Use > Case methods will be used. > > > o Sponsoring Communities: > > (need community facilitators to confirm they are interested in > sponsoring this project) > > Documentation Community > Installation and Packaging Community > Desktop Community > OS/Net (ON) Community > Software Porters Community > Distribution Community > Testing Community > > o Project Members: > > Need 5 or more initial members, they will become Core Contributors. > > o Facilitator: > > Need 1 facilitator. > > o Project Needs: > > Standard project website and SCM setup at: > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/usecase/ > > usecase-disc...@opensolaris.org email alias. > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > indiana-disc...@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
