[indiana-discuss] Couple of questions on Indiana distro

[Glynn Foster]

Hey,

Thanks Peter for answering the questions - they're spot on from my perspective.

Peter Tribble wrote:
>> 3. What will-be the relation between Indiana project and Sun's Solaris
>> releases in future? Are they going to be derivatives from Indiana
>> distro, once it is complete? Is this the reason Indiana should look
>> for backwards compatibility?
> 
> Who knows? Given that nobody really knows what Indiana looks like
> in detail, or (outside Sun anyway) what Sun's plans for Solaris are,
> then there's no way to tell. I would like to think that they remain close
> enough that Solaris can benefit from the Indiana experience. Given
> how strong a core value compatibility is in the Solaris world, then
> if Indiana breaks it it rapidly loses relevance to Solaris - a situation
> which harms both Indiana and Solaris.

It shouldn't really be a surprise to many that folks in Sun are looking at
Solaris and it's interaction with Indiana. It makes a lot of sense
to maintain those close ties long term and provide a natural migration path and
transition to Solaris for anyone wanting a slower moving platform and support in
their data center - though I don't have answers outside of that.


Glynn