Hi Michael, * Michael Sichler (michael.sichler at kirtland.af.mil) wrote: > Glenn, > > I guess what I don't understand is the DVD is already being done for > the SXCE builds. Why not extend it to OpenSolaris? Using the > Distribution Constructor may not be difficult for someone who is > experienced with it, but I believe it would take a fair amount of time > to figure it out. Multiply that out by everyone who would benefit > from the DVD "build" and you'll have hundred or thousands of hours > invested . It seems like an impractical solution for those who just > want to install a few extra packages and not have to build their own > distros. Most people, including myself are just wanting an easy way > to install packages when they don't have internet connectivity.
The easy answer is: Resources are not infinite. Plain and simple. While the effort to produce such a thing isn't exactly the toughest thing in the world, it would still require some thought and actual work. The cost isn't zero. And to be quite honest, the team(s) working on OpenSolaris that would produce such a thing are eyeballs deep working on all kinds of other things (projects in the install space alone are going to take a very long time to finish implementing to get back to a level of parity with the legacy install tools found in Solaris 10 for instance). So taking on non-zero cost initiatives right now just isn't possible. There's also the bit about OpenSolaris being a community project. The tools are available for interested individuals to be able to produce such a thing if they wish. Someone just needs to step up to the plate and do the work. Waiting on Sun to implement everything anyone could ever want is only going to lead to disappointment. There's no shortage of requests for things people would like to see available, unfortunately there isn't a whole lot of bodies willing to actually do the work outside of Sun it seems. We may at some point (don't take this for anything more than guessing on my part) produce such a piece of media. You can either wait for it however long it takes us to get around to it or step up (or gather together other likeminded people) and do the work to create it, contribute it to the community and everyone wins. Cheers, -- Glenn
