scope (was Re: [indiana-discuss] ZFS to the max)

[Eric Boutilier]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Peter Tribble wrote:
> On 6/26/07, Glynn Foster <Glynn.Foster at sun.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I agree, and perhaps all these thoughts need to get down on paper, and 
>> start
>> fleshing out the details. We need to, I believe, get to a stage where we 
>> are
>> producing bits that people can download and install. It might not be fully
>> functional, but it's a defined release and something that people can base 
>> their
>> work around.
>
> By people, what's the target audience at this stage? I think my question is
> really whether the first "release" is aimed at users, or whether there should
> be a 0.0 "release" solely for the purpose of Indiana bootstrapping?

Good question. So that raises the issue of "non-emancipated"
(non-redistributable) files. That is, should there be a 0.0 or 0.1
release that includes them in it? (I vote no, FWIW.)

And if not, wouldn't that be the main constraint here?

Eric