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

[Eric Boutilier]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote:
>
>> It appears to me that item #2 can be broken down further.  The idea of
>> having a reference distribution is totally different from the
>> requirement to be compatible.
>
> Right; AFAIK distributions like "Nexenta" would not fall under the
> "compatible" definition and that would be a shame.

Totally agree.

> What I would like a reference distribution to be is a starting point
> for folks who want to build their own distribution...

YES.

> ; those initial > steps are likely to be the hardest.
>
> Being able to do something as simple as "make opensolaris.iso" which
> would give you a *reference* distribution would be extremely worthwhile;

YES.

> it lowers the barrier to entry for those who want to play at that
> level.
>
> (Including, of course, instructions on how to add stuff, etc)
>
>> There is some benefit from compatibility guarantees, as the binary
>> compatibility guarantee in *Solaris* (not the Open one) has shown.
>
> Indeed, if we want *compatible*, I think you would hold *Solaris Nevada*
> as the gold standard for compatibility.

YES.

Strongly agree on all counts.

Eric