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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> webstack-discuss mailing list >> webstack-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/webstack-discuss >> >> > > >
