Joerg said quite well what my impression was, from the discussion on the
Indiana lists. If I my impression is mistaken, I apologize. It could be a
case of I'm not following THAT closely and only the most controversial
topics are getting my attention.
I do still want it to be known that some of us are presently using SXCE as
more then just a toy, and these releases sometimes contain bugfixes which
we need. SXCE has been released with a quasi-dependable timetable, to date
Indiana has not. The tone of my original email might have been a little
harsh, and for that I again apologize. Understand that a large part of that
was my frustration with the concept that my desire to keep getting fixes
for something that is now mostly meeting my needs is somehow a misplaced
obsession.
Also, I don't have a problem with projects that aren't in-line with my
needs, I just want to make sure that I maintain access to the resources to
meet my needs. I've been chomping at the bit over this release because
there are some bugs fixed which I have been fighting with. I has been said
"this is just a developer release," the implication (to me) is that it is
understood to be more fluid then SXCE, and that is fine. Please do not tell
me my attention on SXCE releases should be devoted to anything else until
it is ready to help me.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/30/2008 12:42:42 PM:
> >> Can you provide some details on why you think Indiana is or will be
any
> >> less standard's compliant than SXCE is? It may very well turn out
that
> >> it may be less compliant but that hasn't occurred yet and so I'm just
> >> trying to understand where you're coming from.
> >
> > If Indiana is/becomes a (too) Linux or GNU "inspired" platform, a
> majority of
> > the longstanding Solaris users in the community will not follow.
> Note that the
> > people who used Solaris before OpenSolaris came out could have
> selected Linux
> > a long time ago. They did not and the reason is that Solaris was
> close to the
> > UNIX roots.
> >
> > The term "compliance" is not what we can use in such a discussion
> unless it is
> > well defined and does not just list the latest Sun idea......
>
> But Joerg, most of the us working on Indiana have not talked about
> forsaking our so-called UNIX roots in order to turn the platform into a
> strictly GNU/Linux "inspired" platform. Rather, what we've been saying
> is there are aspects of the latter platform which can be brought to
> OpenSolaris without losing or betraying those UNIX roots.
>
> dsc
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