On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 13:08 -0600, Shawn Walker wrote: > On Feb 5, 2008 12:49 PM, Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 12:44 -0600, Shawn Walker wrote: > > > Thus, I stand by the claim that Nexenta, at the very least, is a fork. > > > > You deeply mistaken here. As far as OpenSolaris is concerned - Nexenta > > is NOT a fork. We share the same code base. The integration part of > > userland IS a bit different, but than again, even Solaris 10 Update4 > > userland parts are differ from Solaris 10 GA, not even comparing to > > Nevada builds... And Nexenta provides switchable SUN/GNU personality, > > which allows as to run native Solaris applications and scripts when > > required. > > > > So, please be careful with your "analysis".. :-) > > That's just it though; currently userland is part of ON. You have > diverged from ON's userland right?
No. You mistaken. We didn't change anything related to core libraries and applications. Changes only related to packaging but than again, packaging supposed to be changed, or otherwise what is the value behind any of distribution derivatives? > If and when ips becomes integrated, you will also have a different > packaging system, right? You mistaken again - SVR4 packaging is well supported (or at least we try to be compatible here) option for us. *And* it is NOT part of ON. > Nexenta is very different in many subtle ways already. That is why many people loves us. We deliver something they want and asking us to deliver. We addressing segment of users which wants us to be as we are today. > As I said before though, I don't believe Nexenta to be a *harmful* > fork; just a fork :) > > If it was a win32 codebase project; I would call it a spoon ;) > > But to me, as along as a project "seeks independent development", > especially with those changes never being re-integrated -- that's a > fork. > > I don't understand why people just assume that there is a negative > connotation in classifying something as a fork. Its not that, it is just that not all people understand what ON fork really means. Just answer for yourself - is Indian a fork of OpenSolaris (i.e ON) ? Sound strange.. It is just yet another *derivative* distribution and delivers GNOME GUI on single CD on top of the same ON - that's all. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
