On 10/4/07, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote: > Cyril Plisko wrote: > > On 10/3/07, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote: > > > >> My fear is that this project will contribute to a lesser result than we > >> might have were its participants' energies directed towards one of the > >> existing projects. I note that in the case of SVR4, the source has been > >> open for 18 months, yet only Peter Tribble has submitted any > >> contributions towards improving it (and they're much appreciated!). I > >> find that quite disheartening, and am somewhat mystified as to why the > >> widespread recognition that there's a need to improve things hasn't lead > >> to energy being put there. > >> > > > > At risk of getting off-topic I want to note that non-Sun community members > > most probably work for some other company. And that company > > may have different goals than contributing to OpenSolaris. So they > > (contributors) will have to do it on their own spare time (which is > > scarce resource, I can tell you). > > I guess what I am trying to say there is no mystery there. People > > just have to carefully chose where to apply their energy before they > > do so. And it takes [a lot of] time. > > > > > > That's entirely understood, and is part of the subtext of my concern. A > project of the scope suggested which is relying entirely on > contributions done in someone's spare time seems likely to struggle to > achieve its goals; more so if it's "competing" for the community's > attention against one not so encumbered.
I think you will find that this will end up being healthy. One of the first things I plan to do a thorough and public review of Conary, with the hopes of creating a matrix of features, that we might be able to use as a point of reference when evaluating and designing other packaging systems. > > Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
