Shawn Walker wrote: > On 07/05/07, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote: >> Joseph Kowalski wrote: >> > 1) It was to concentrate on the "ON" stuff, only because that is >> > the code >> > that the OpenSolaris community are the ultimate >> maintainers of. >> >> Except even that is more than just ON - NWS, Admin, Install, Docs, >> DevPro, >> etc. have OpenSolaris as the head of the stream. JDS, X, and SFW >> are the >> exceptions among the non-ON consolidations, not the rule. > > Speaking of which (in regards to this proposal)...I don't know if this > page is still "up to date", however: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/roadmap/conslist/ Believe me, it ain't. The page reflects a state that never existed and probably never will exist. I'm chasing down a few details, then going on a head hunt for an overly optimistic web master.
Java SE probably will never be part of Open Solaris (hence any reference distribution will never be complete). Most of Java SE is Open Source, or so I'm guessing because this is the first day of Java One, but to my understanding (I'm checking on this), its not under OpenSolaris - because its Multi-Platform, it shouldn't be. All the links for source point you at is the DLJ, which lets a distro repackage our binaries. Sigh. > (Install and DevPro seem to be missing their labels on the left side > of that "Available Now" table) > > Maybe a good thing as part of this proposal would be to identify which > specific consolidations it is intended to include as part of a > "reference distribution" -- if that is the direction it is going. > > Personally, I could see at least the following consolidations (from > that list) as part of a "base reference distribution": > > ON > Install > Docs > G11N > Man Pages > NWS Read about DevPro carefully. Due to organizational quirks, they've always delivered a few components you are likely to consider as "core" OS. libm is the best example. The little, but important, part they deliver likely belongs on your list. Personally, I'm not sure about NWS. Its not likely that a definition of the "core" system neatly follows consolidation boundaries. > Those seem like the most basic "components" needed to me. OK, but we really seem to be deep diving here. At this time isn't all we need to understand is that you believe any "reference distribution" should be fairly minimal. Any other discussion is probably pre-mature. - jek3
