On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Ben Rockwood <b...@cuddletech.com> wrote:
> I appeal to the board for information regarding OpenSolaris 2010.03 and
> the development model of Indiana.
>
> We've all wanted great clarity from Oracle regarding a great many
> things, but the extent to which this board has the authority to demand
> answers is highly questionable (even Sun wouldn't provide them)...
> therefore I am not concerned with these matters; that is, anything to do
> with Solaris(tm).
>
> However, the OpenSolaris distribution ("Indiana") is reasonably within
> the jurisdiction of the board.I don't believe that to be true. I don't think that Sun ever actually built Indiana; the current OpenSolaris distro isn't recognizable (to me, at least) as either anything the community has input to or a distro that might legitimately be described as Indiana as originally promoted. In other words, thinking that the OpenSolaris distro and Indiana are one and the same is surely incorrect. They were never particularly close, and diverged significantly even well before the acquisition. (The above is my personal opinion, btw.) > The 6 month development cycle as set > down by Ian Murdock has always been questionable, however there has been > no reasonable communication to the community with regards to the delays > in 2010.03. It depends on your expectation. The public commitment by Oracle is to deliver the next release of the OpenSolaris distribution in the first half of CY 2010. They've said that it *will* happen, they've stated *when*. In those terms, it's not late, and we may have to wait a while yet. > There is, as far as I can tell, no reason to remain silent on details > regarding the delay and I would ask the board to intercede if it has not > already done so. We are working towards getting more communication. And this is something we've been working on since January. It's a slow process. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ ogb-discuss mailing list ogb-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss
