This thread is off-topic for pkg-discuss. It would be better to continue this conversation on opensolaris-discuss, or another list more suitable to general discussion of OpenSolaris issues.
Thanks, -j On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 03:40:34PM -0700, Bruce Rothermal wrote: > Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > > If you just want a code repository you can stuff your ideas into at > > will, you don't care about most of this; you just need to get a CG to > > sponsor your project, which is a fancy way of saying that the high > > muckety-mucks in the CG need to think what you want to do is a good > > idea so that you can have your repository. If you want anyone to > > actually use your thing, you need to integrate it into one or more > > consolidations, as appropriate, which triggers all this horrible > > burdensome process designed and proven to ensure that the software we > > love doesn't become a worthless pile of garbage. If that *idea* is at > > odds with your personal philosophy, integrating into OpenSolaris > > consolidations might not be your cup of tea; consider trying to get a > > distribution to accept your prroject on a standalone basis, taking a > > private fork, or joining a different community. If the > > *implementation* of the process is found lacking, feel free to suggest > > or work on improvements. > > > > > I thought the opensolaris was to be open to the world community to > contribute what they thought was interesting and valuable and what we > Sun thought was interesting and valuable would be in Sun Solaris. I > guess I was wrong. > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-discuss mailing list > pkg-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
