Sriram Natarajan wrote:
> What is the value add we are providing here by bundling this component ?
Greater availability of Drupal 6 to potential Solaris users.
> Do we plan to claim support for this component in the near future ?
Yes, though details still being worked out. Per Sun's Indiana team:
For the most part, the packages that Sun is integrating into Indiana
should be supported.
However, the level of support may not be the same as how we typically
support the core parts of Solaris.
> Now, if we choose Drupal then there will be others asking for Joomla
> and so on ... ? Where will you draw the line ?
Each can be considered an RFE to Indiana, and will be considered on a
case by case basis.
ERR
>
> thanks
> sriram
>
> Eric Reid wrote:
>> Sriram,
>>
>> You may not only ask, it was anticipated! Yes, this is somewhat new
>> territory for OpenSolaris, but keep in mind what Indiana is intended
>> to be, at least as it applies to Open Source Software (OSS). The
>> Solaris Cabinet within Sun's Software organization decided that the
>> inclusion of some *key* Web 2.0 OSS applications would have huge
>> upside and minimal downside -- the Indiana repository will give
>> another place for OpenSolaris users to get Drupal and other Web 2.0
>> apps (Fedora Commons repository software has been identified for
>> Release 2, for example).
>>
>> No commercial apps, to my knowledge, just F/OSS. Also, my
>> understanding is that the size and nature of Indiana's repository is
>> inclusive, and it's not as if we're trying to pack all this onto an
>> OpenSolaris distro DVD.
>>
>> I can check to see if this is customer-driven, but I'd suspect that
>> in the case of Drupal, it's more because it's a big RedShift/Web 2.0
>> offering that runs quite well on Solaris, with huge buzz and
>> rocketing adoption in the industry.
>>
>> Happy to discuss/ERR
>>
>>
>> Sriram Natarajan wrote:
>>
>>> If I may ask, why ? Is there a customer asking for this ? Where
>>> will this end if we start carrying all user applications ?
>>>
>>> - sriram
>>>
>>> Eric Reid wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello webstack-discuss,
>>>>
>>>> We are intending to include the Drupal 6 Content Management system
>>>> by b86 of OpenSolaris, in time for the first 'Indiana' official
>>>> release later this year. I will be spearheading this effort,
>>>> including creation and pushing through of the ARC case (which will
>>>> be posted here soon).
>>>>
>>>> This effort will concentrate on Drupal 6 Core only - no Drupal 4 or
>>>> 5, no add-on modules.
>>>>
>>>> This note is to inform the Community of our intentions -- look for
>>>> lots more in the days and weeks to come, and don't hesitate to
>>>> contact me with questions, suggestions, observations or flames :)
>>>>
>>>> Eric Reid
>>>> Sun ISV Engineering
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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