What is the value add we are providing here by bundling this component ? 
Do we plan to claim support for this component in the near future ? Now, 
if we choose Drupal then there will be others asking for Joomla and so 
on ... ? Where will you draw the line ?

thanks
sriram

Eric Reid wrote:
> Sriram,
>
> You may not only ask, it was anticipated! Yes, this is somewhat new 
> territory for OpenSolaris, but keep in mind what Indiana is intended to 
> be, at least as it applies to Open Source Software (OSS). The Solaris 
> Cabinet within Sun's Software organization decided that the inclusion of 
> some *key* Web 2.0 OSS applications would have huge upside and minimal 
> downside -- the Indiana repository will give another place for 
> OpenSolaris users to get Drupal and other Web 2.0 apps (Fedora Commons 
> repository software has been identified for Release 2, for example).
>
> No commercial apps, to my knowledge, just F/OSS. Also, my understanding 
> is that the size and nature of Indiana's repository is inclusive, and 
> it's not as if we're trying to pack all this onto an OpenSolaris distro DVD.
>
> I can check to see if this is customer-driven, but I'd suspect that in 
> the case of Drupal, it's more because it's a big RedShift/Web 2.0 
> offering that runs quite well on Solaris, with huge buzz and rocketing 
> adoption in the industry.
>
> Happy to discuss/ERR
>
>
> Sriram Natarajan wrote:
>   
>> If I may ask, why ?  Is there a customer asking for this ? Where will 
>> this end if we start carrying all user applications ?
>>
>> - sriram
>>
>> Eric Reid wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hello webstack-discuss,
>>>
>>> We are intending to include the Drupal 6 Content Management system by 
>>> b86 of OpenSolaris, in time for the first 'Indiana' official release 
>>> later this year. I will be spearheading this effort, including creation 
>>> and pushing through of the ARC case (which will be posted here soon).
>>>
>>> This effort will concentrate on Drupal 6 Core only - no Drupal 4 or 5, 
>>> no add-on modules.
>>>
>>> This note is to inform the Community of our intentions -- look for lots 
>>> more in the days and weeks to come, and don't hesitate to contact me 
>>> with questions, suggestions, observations or flames :)
>>>
>>> Eric Reid
>>> Sun ISV Engineering
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
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