Jim, thank you for your email, otherwise I would have missed the discussion on IRC.
Has been also considered what the requirements of a larger scale 3rd-party stack are? I see this comparable to a scaled up private software stack, which is compiled by the user. You've already mentioned user stacks. To a degree SFE can follow a number of changes in the underlying OS-Distro. And there is an understanding, that it is the nature of an evolving OS-Distro so constantly change and integrate new stuff. But this almost always means continued extra work if someone builds ontop of such a OS-Distro. (Example: Maintaning SFE on OI means multiple times the effort then Solaris 11). So I see there needs to be a balance between speedy changes on the OS-Distro side and staying compatible to a degree, so that existing work of other parties stays usable. Additionally I would suggest to consider to what extent should a in-development-OS-Distro absob every possible software that could be integrated. It could be cool to have fancy packages people might find attracting. But ... I'm mainly looking at the only small team currently working on the OS-Distro... We can't risk people burn out or loose motivation. This is very dangerous in OpenSource projects you know. The hammer will fall and refresh-after-refresh of packages eats up future mantenance capacities needed to build a potential new release of OI. Thanks for wise and ojective arguments. I know this is an OS and work we love, and this can't be always talked with objective arguments :) Remember OI has had a time where meetings led to people being exhausted and leaving. And I would appreciate every one stay fine with the project and its goals. And the workload is okay for them. I didn't want to bend the talks into a different direction, but I thought it should be kept in mind. If the OSdistro stays small but rock-solid plus a little maketing, that might work. No one of us might gain fame or get right, because of OI. But one can have fun and get an OS-Distro which has cool features and packages. And annoys less. Thanks! Thomas PS: as a non native english writer, please excuse me if I might have missed the point _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
