> >Rob asked: "Where do we get started to form a > >Community Distro, based on the latest sources > including IPS. Not a cut > >down version, or replacing the userland (no offence > there, that's good > >work too), just a take on Solaris Next based on the > latest available > >bits." > > You already have 'community distros' and forums like > Nexenta, Korona (KDE4Solaris), and Belenix as the > OpenSolaris-based communities currently providing > recent updates to either the desktop environment or > backporting kernel patches. > > Understand that the OpenSolaris project was always a > part of the bigger picture in creating the next > Solaris OS major update. Sun provided source code and > kickstarted the OpenSolaris project forum. The > 'Indiana distro' was just a channel to provide > binaries of various project consolidation work (i.e. > JDS, X, g18N/i18n, Docs, Caiman, GRUB, etc) in a > bootable CD format. Project Indiana was the start - > but not the end. The intent was to have this core > distro kickstart and assist other developers to > create distros of their own. At all times, some other > group, like Belenix, could launch and spearhead their > own distro. The intent was not to keep providing a > full core distro forever - it was moreso to get > developers into creating their own distros using the > OpenSolaris kernel and core environment.
Ok, fine. But what do the internal developers use to build on? Until Indiana was self-hosting, they built on SXCE. AFAIK, once Indiana was self-hosting, they built on it. Some (no doubt not all) would like to stay in sync with what they're building on, as much as possible. How well will a community distro be able to do that? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
