Hi Christopher, * Nexenta has not contributed much in terms of code back to opensolaris. Point taken. Nexenta is project trying to provide the Ubuntu package repository with opensolaris advantages. As per this mission, our efforts have been towards makingf these two work together.
* No original work done: I've joined in late, so wont comment on things past a year, but I've seen lot of innovation in the project since, not the least of which are Tim's contributions. * Why do people care?: Why do people use windows? why do people use QWERTY (as opposed to DROVAK), etc? These choices weren't made based on as much on objective or technical merits.. they were used, and the userbase grew. We have a BIG ubuntu/debian userbase out there and _plenty_ of them would be happy with moving to Nexenta and it's apt tools, than other userland/etc. There's a _big_ potential audience, and the Nexenta mission seems like a promising way to easily reach them. This isnt a reply based on technical merits, but on numbers. * Bounty : The bounty was a new idea we (the project) decided to try out this time. The numbers aren't huge, but we decided it'll generate additional interest in the project. We'll know soon. * Patches: Yes, this has been upto individual package maintainers, largely, and we haven't yet published a policy document. We do use upstream patched on packages, and critical fixes from opensolaris are applied on sunw* packages. This is one area that we need to improve. *Ruffling feathers : yes, you did, and I also see that you've been to point and voiced your concerns objectively. Perhaps Nexenta isn't heading in a direction you have in mind, or consider worthy. But it is on a promising road, nonetheless. We are a few developers, and any suggestions towards our mission (making policies more clear, automating and maintaining patches better, licensing clarifications, tools to add value to Ubuntu with opensolaris) will be thankfully appreciated. ~Anil _______________________________________________ gnusol-devel mailing list gnusol-devel@lists.sonic.net http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-devel
