Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-06-01 Thread Garrett D'Amore
Artem Kachitchkine wrote: I am royally confused and not sure if seconds matter anymore, but here's one just in case: +1 There are people willing to invest their time/resources on an OpenSolaris project. Please do and thank you. We desperately need to improve on the walker-to-talkers ratio.

Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-06-01 Thread Keith M Wesolowski
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 08:28:19AM +0100, Peter Tribble wrote: > How does this distribution relate to the other distributions that exist? > > How does it differ from the Solaris Express releases? In time, how will > it differ from upcoming Solaris releases? > > What characteristics differentiate

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-06-01 Thread Peter Tribble
On 5/30/07, Glynn Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1.2 Description This project proposes to create an OpenSolaris binary distribution with a long term goal of increasing the userbase and growing mindshare in the volume market by providing easy access to the technology created wi

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-31 Thread Artem Kachitchkine
I am royally confused and not sure if seconds matter anymore, but here's one just in case: +1 There are people willing to invest their time/resources on an OpenSolaris project. Please do and thank you. We desperately need to improve on the walker-to-talkers ratio. (Wouldn't that be great if

Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-31 Thread Rich Teer
On Thu, 31 May 2007, Ian Murdock wrote: > The slower moving release will be called "Solaris". :-) As long as it isn't called "Slowaris"! :-) -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OGB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://w

Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-31 Thread Francois Saint-Jacques
Hello, On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 03:38:03PM +1200, Glynn Foster wrote: > I somewhat disagree, and I think the frustration you have is partly due to the > technical limitations of the upgrade process that you've experienced. While I > respect your opinion for wanting a slower moving release, others w

Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-31 Thread Ian Murdock
On 5/30/07, Glynn Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Francois Saint-Jacques wrote: > 1. 6 month is WAY too short in my opinion. There is nothing more painfull > than upgrading Fedora core 1 to 6 or Ubuntu abc to xyz while dist-upgrading 3-4 > releases. Update process *should not* take more than 3

Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-30 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, Francois Saint-Jacques wrote: > 1. 6 month is WAY too short in my opinion. There is nothing more painfull > than upgrading Fedora core 1 to 6 or Ubuntu abc to xyz while dist-upgrading > 3-4 > releases. Update process *should not* take more than 3 hours. I understand > this is may be impossib

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-30 Thread Brian Gupta
1.4 Involvement There is a strong intention for this to be a community grass roots project, with open contribution. We hope for this project to be consensus driven, though ultimately the project leads will need to dictate direction if that proves unfeasible for delivering a ti

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-30 Thread Francois Saint-Jacques
Hello Glynn, Ian and others, I am not active on this list, but I started following your thread this weekend because I'm really intrigued by the Indiana project. My first experience with OpenSolaris was on Nexenta, which is a quite nice distribution. Since Indiana is aimed at attracting the Linux

Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-30 Thread Keith M Wesolowski
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 12:44:13PM +1200, Glynn Foster wrote: > > It also would seem to directly counteract any desire to be a binary > > distribution named "OpenSolaris" given it would be under the sole > > control of somebody other than OpenSolaris. > > I agree with you in principle..however..

Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-30 Thread Glynn Foster
Richard Lowe wrote: > Brian Gupta wrote: >>> 1.4 Involvement >>> >>> There is a strong intention for this to be a community grass roots >>> project, with open contribution. We hope for this project to be >>> consensus driven, though ultimately the project leads will need >>> to di

Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-30 Thread Richard Lowe
Brian Gupta wrote: 1.4 Involvement There is a strong intention for this to be a community grass roots project, with open contribution. We hope for this project to be consensus driven, though ultimately the project leads will need to dictate direction if that proves unfeasible for

[osol-discuss] Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

2007-05-30 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, Here's the project proposal that should have been out a long while back (apologies, I'm happy to take the blame on this one). Before anyone gets too caught up in how little the proposal actually covers, I intend to follow up with my thoughts if and when the project alias gets created - I'd li