[advocacy-discuss] New Community/Project Request: OpenSolaris Software Porters Community/Portal

[Michal Bielicki]

Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> Hi ...
>
> Michal Bielicki wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>> I wanted to create this for a year now, but somehow never got the 
>> proposal together. So since now there seem to be quite a bunch of people
>> that want to support this, here is my proposal. I am ready to manage 
>> and handle the project and would be also very very thankful for 
>> comments, suggestions,
>> proposals and so on.
>>
>> Project/Community Proposal for the OpenSolaris Software Porters 
>> Community
>>  Short Name
>>  Porting Software to OpenSolaris
>>   
>
> I think you need to decide on proposing a Community Group or a 
> Project. If you want a space to do work, that's a Project and a 
> Community Group could sponsor that Project. You'd just have to find 
> the proper CG to engage. However, if you want an entirely new 
> Community Group, you'd have to propose that to the OGB. The bar for 
> new CGs is very high. But, in theory, once you have your new CG, you 
> could create your own Projects related to that CG.
The Bar is not the issue here I think. But I am happy to get a simple 
explanation like this one finaly :) Cause till now it was totaly non 
understandable for me, especialy since user groups which de natur
are communities of people are listed as projects :)
>
>
>>  Sponsoring Communities
>>  Desktop ?
>>  Polish OpenSolaris UserGroup
>>   
>
> User Groups are projects so they can't sponsor projects.
OK. Although its counterintuitive to call a UG  project and not a community
>
>>  Indiana ?
>>
>>  Initial participants
>>  Michal Bielicki
>>  Damian Wojslaw
>>  Kristopher Januszajtis-Neale
>>  Ed Pimentel
>>  Alexander Feldman
>>  Jay Fenton
>>  Mike Jerris
>>  Michal Pryc
>>
>>
>>  Any OGB members interested?
>>  Any Indiana participants interested?
>>  Anyone else interested?
>>
>>  Description:
>>
>>  The project is to create a central space for the collection of 
>> information, exchange of information
>>  discussion and repository storage of software projects that are 
>> being ported to Solaris and OpenSolaris.
>>   
>
> This leads me to believe you are really asking for a Community Group 
> that would host a series of Projects.
You are correct. DOes that mean I have to use a completely different 
form of presentation ? Need more supporters? Need to apply to OGB ?
Can you deconfuse the whole procedural path once and so understandable 
that it gets to everyone even to me ?

Thanks :)

Michal
>
>>  We would like to collect all the scattered information, like mileks 
>> tutorial on IPS packaging, Laca's SFE project
>>  and all the other nice and helpful sources in a central space and 
>> herewith make porting software to OpenSolaris
>>  a far easier Job than it is now, with a supporting IRC channel, a 
>> forum/mailing list for experience exchange and
>>  discussion and ultimately actively work to get sponsors to provide 
>> CPU cycle for Projects that would like to port
>>  their code to OpenSolaris (Something along the line of Novells/SuSE 
>> Open Build Servers, but for OpenSolaris ?).
>>  From personal experience we know that porting can be a horrendously 
>> tricky
>>  job if you need to find all the information yourself.
>>  
>>
>> Project part:
>> Create and maintain a database of porting projects (SFE, Sunfreeware, 
>> blastwave, .....)
>> Create and maintain a list of links to all information available 
>> about porting software to solaris/opensolaris/Indiana/whatsitsname
>> Create and maintain a database of documents related to the same
>> Create new documentation, which helps and explains how to port 
>> software to the aforementioned
>> Try to create a pool of ressources for porters (ask sponsors for CPU 
>> cycles, repository space ... ... ... )
>> Yes I know ... loads of work :)
>>
>> Community part:
>> An information exchange forum/mailing list where porters can discuss 
>> experiences and people can ask if someone is already
>> working on a specific package
>> A wiki that will help create part of the project part
>> A portal to all the project part
>>
>> -----------------
>>
>> Any input on what else could be done is very appreciated.
>>
>> cheers
>> Michal
>>
>>   
>
>
> Jim
>


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