[ogb-discuss] Re: Project Proposal - (what is/was Indiana)

[Eric Boutilier]

On Thu, 31 May 2007, James Carlson wrote:
> Glynn Foster writes:
>> ...
>> The only other sticking point is the name, and I agree with your concerns -
>> though arguably that's the most exciting part of the project proposal. I'm not
>> trying alienate all the other current or future distributions in any of this,
>> and in fact, I'd encourage their participation or thoughts. I think there's a
>> significant benefit to all of this, and if it turns into 2 years wasted (I
>> believe it won't), then it will be valuable experience for us all nonetheless.
>
> No, I don't think it's time or effort wasted.

Me too. In fact for me it's the CRUX of the whole problem.
(Assuming this project still wants to be Sun-derived.) It's
THE single show-stopper. In other words, without it, then I'd
be happy to see the project go forward as-is.

Eric


>
> I do wonder a bit what the distributors of far-afield variants ought
> to think of this, particularly because of the naming issue and the
> clear differences among the existing variants.  If I were working on
> Nexenta, would I be pleased, uninterested, or disgusted?  Should I be
> jumping at the chance to have my own One True Way stamped as the
> 'official' OpenSolaris way to build a distribution?
>
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