> Well, Indiana is intended to be a product - an OpenSolaris distribution with a > regular release schedule. > > So, I'd expect to see some documents from you that describe this product. Have you a 1-pager that describes the basics?Project Description Risks and Assumptions Business Summary Problem Area Market/Requester Business Justification Competitive Analysis Opportunity Window/Exposure How will you know when you are done? Technical Description Details Bug/RFE Number(s) In Scope Out of Scope Doc Impact Admin/Config impact HA Impact I18N/L10N impact Packaging & Delivery Security Impact Dependencies Resources & Schedule Prototype Availability Following review and approval of the 1-pager, I would expect to see a Requirements Document that describes all the features/functionality that we will include in the product, so we can agree on expectations and begin work. What is the deadline for producing drafts of these two basic documents for Indiana?
Ok, I think I see where the vision is going to hit a wall. There is definitely a process disconnect between agile development and Solaris development. In agile development, you begin with a list of simple requirements without a detailed description of how you are going to get there. You then rush straight to implementation. After implementation, you pass back to customer for feedback at the soonest possible instance. You then rush again for a period of time, (say 2 weeks) and kick out what you have to the customer. Keep repeating indefinitely. I really feel that if Indiana is to be what I think it should be, that it needs to be implemented in an agile fashion. Let's just get together a few like minded people, put together a short proposal for autonomy and run with the ball. (No ARC, no OGB after the initial project is OKed to fit under the OpenSOlaris.org umbrella). To a head start, I propose that we take Nexenta and make it the standard base for the Indiana/Linuxy Solaris. (OpenSolaris Community Edition) For the more classic OpenSolaris reference build (fully open source Nevada), I think we should start with Benenix. This will replace SXCE as the standard OpenSolaris development platform. (Solaris customers/testers will still use SX) This will be called OpenSolaris Enterprise Edition. This will be not be implemented using agile methodology. -brian _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
