[ogb-discuss] OGB Meeting Minutes :: 11/7/07

[Martin Man]

Hi Tim,

Tim Spriggs wrote:
> 
> Martin Man wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> [ voice from the Nexenta contributor ]
>>
>> Glynn Foster wrote:
>>   
>>>      o GNU/Solaris - 2 of 3 community leaders thought it should be removed.
>>>        Rich commented that it might be good to set up redirects to Nexenta.
>>>        Alan commented that it would have to be an outside re-direct. Rich
>>>        asked if we had a Ports/Distribution community, but Steve commented
>>>        that it didn't yet exist. Alan commented that the original intention
>>>        for GNU/Solaris was about adding GNU utilities. Steve said that a
>>>        better redirect would be SFW or Companion.
>>>     
>> As this community was not related to Nexenta in the beginning and is not 
>> related to it at all now, and as we are shifting to use Nexenta name 
>> exclusively and get rid of GNU and Solaris (as they are trademarks) I 
>> believe this really should go to SFW...
>>   
> 
> Why not simply have an information page since Nexenta also provides GNU 
> components on the Solaris base? Each resource is represented and people 
> can find what they are looking for.

The sem-official way (agreed by the Nexenta core contributors) is to 
have a Nexenta project page at opensolaris.org serving precisely the 
purpose you describe. Some people from the community are trying to view 
Nexenta team as "not willing to participate with the rest", although 
obiously the very opposite is the truth. We hope to clarify this by 
having official project @ opensolaris.org, although I haven't had a time 
to step in with the proposal. See 
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nexenta/+spec/opensolaris-org-project 
for more details...

> -Tim

HTH,
Martin