[indiana-discuss] what's next?

[Daniel Griffith]

> 3. Package system. This isn't just pkg-get or apt-get on top of #2,
> but just as importantly, the framework and tools for community members
> to contribute packages. This is where I expect to have the bulk of
> community involvement. Someone finds their favorite tool isn't packaged,
> so they package it. That's certainly how Debian/Ubuntu have worked.

That's the bit that worries me at the moment, I get the vibe that the
people here who have used Linux have only used Debian or Redhat, these
are distributions stuck with Package systems that were state of the
art in the last century, but are showing their age.

> 5. "Raising the bar", i.e., why come over to Solaris once the adoption
> barriers are gone? Some ideas: ZFS root by default is an obvious win, as
> is using ZFS to snapshot before updates to implement rollback.

While Linux is hamstrung using ZFS via fuse, that's a massive reason
for people to use this distribution - how many times after installing
an unfamiliar distribution do I wish I could reset the clock after
screwing up - and snapshots should be an integral part of the package
system.

> "Solaris as hypervisor",
> i.e., making installation on the bare metal involve just laying down the
> core bits needed to spin up Containers and Xen domains,

Xen Source with LVM is pretty clunky (Even the Enterprise version with
iSCSI), the Redhat solution is semi-implemented and bogged down with
patching the current kernel, Solaris as Domain0 with a nice front end
to use ZFS volumes is a no brainer - it's the hottest new technology
and would instantly get people involved and the distribution
installed.