[ogb-discuss] OpenSolaris.org: Do we build a distro? Let your voice be heard. (Today by noon) OGB concall info enclosed.

[Shawn Walker]

On Feb 7, 2008 5:04 AM, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta at gmail.com> wrote:
> Shawn Walker has a proposal before the OGB that will be voted on later
> today. His proposal basically is asking to create a distro building

Actually, it was voted on and approved yesterday.

> community. Supposedly it is agnostic, but in reality it seems to be a
> precursor to an official "Indiana Project == OpenSolaris Binary
> distro" move by our benevolent sponsors.

No, that isn't true. Project Indiana is currently sponsored by the
Desktop CG and I don't expect them to change that sponsorship unless
they so desire.

> Many of us signed on to be developers and advocates to something quite
> different than what the leaders of the "Disto CG" believe. The distro
> CG core sponsors want to make an Official OpenSolaris distro, and set
> preconditions on what it means to be an OpenSolaris Disto. (As a

No such item was contained within the proposal for the Distribution
CG; nor do I know of any such plans.

> this). In particular the Indiana team has expressed that only binaries
> built by the Indiana team can be used to make an "OpenSolaris distro".
> This I disagree with, as anyone should be able to take the OpenSolaris
> source code and make an "OpenSolaris distro". (I believe that
> diversity is going to be our future strength.)

What the Indiana Project and/or SMI chooses to do is not relevant to
the Distribution CG.

> Although writing to ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org prior to the meeting
> today, is probably the best way to make your voice heard, you can also
> try calling in on the following numbers at 12 PST (3PM EST):

I think you missed yesterday's meeting.

Brian,

I'm not sure where you obtained your conclusions about the Distribution CG.

However, I assure you that the creation of the Distribution CG is a
result of a desire to see more community involvement; not less.

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
Robert Orben