Re: [osol-discuss] Nameclash on svn_77 because Sun is ignoring PSARC discussions

2007-12-14 Thread Joseph Kowalski
Joerg Schilling wrote: > You forget the most important result from the ARC discussion: > > If there is a name collision the cannot be resolved, the name cannot be used > in /usr/bin. > > Current Solaris express is in conflict with ARC decisions. > > Jörg > Seriously: Could you cite the precedent

[osol-discuss] Re: [sfwnv-discuss] Why we should have an OpenSolaris Hosted binary set. [OSH-thread]

2007-06-27 Thread Joseph Kowalski
Brian Gupta wrote: Joseph, I have made an effort to incorporate your comments into a new list. Sorry to contribute to the discussion and then disappear. I found my way into the hospital and now just getting back into the e-mail. All I was trying to do was focus on the concept. Judging

[osol-discuss] Re: [sfwnv-discuss] Why we should have an OpenSolaris Hosted binary set. [OSH-thread]

2007-06-01 Thread Joseph Kowalski
Brian Gupta wrote: The first reason listed is a big one. In my mind, it is 99.44% of any reason for doing this. In all honesty, it may be a big enough reason by itself. If this is reason enough, why does it need to be limited to this? It was in what you elided from the repl

[osol-discuss] Re: [sfwnv-discuss] Why we should have an OpenSolaris Hosted binary set. [OSH-thread]

2007-06-01 Thread Joseph Kowalski
I cut the distribution down, but probably not enough. Others please feel free to cut even more. Perhaps the first mail should have gone to "announce" and follow-ups to "approach". I can't tell Brian's intent. Brian sent me private mail asking why I was against this. If he's unclear, I thi

[osol-discuss] Re: [sfwnv-discuss] Why we should have an OpenSolaris Hosted binary set. [OSH-thread]

2007-06-01 Thread Joseph Kowalski
Brian Gupta wrote: Various drivers behind an effort to produce OSH. 1) There is a desire for a minimal/core OpenSolaris distro, that other distro packagers can leverage to create their own distros. Building a distro from this core *may*, in the future, allow other distros to also be hosted at O

[osol-discuss] Re: [sfwnv-discuss] Like minded individuals let's start working on an "OpenSolaris.org" distro right now.

2007-06-01 Thread Joseph Kowalski
Brian Gupta wrote: I also propose referring to this project as OSH (Just so we have a non-controversial name to call it). Naming is something that should be addressed later. Please, let's not belabor this point. OSH = "Orchid Supply Hardware", a hardware chain much like ACE, but without John Mad