[OpenIndiana-discuss] Down to earth roadmap

[peter jones]

The first move would be to directory list existing / could provide
hardware/software support services on the website as a migratory step.

Rob




On 22 February 2013 14:48, Stefan Müller-Wilken <
stefan.mueller-wilken at acando.de> wrote:

> For the time being, all we can expect is people to feel an 'inner urge' to
> put their personal time into this. Again: where would Linux stand today if
> early adopters had waited for support contracts or full-time positions to
> feed them? No, you must simply feel, or even stronger, you must *know* it
> is worthwhile.
>
> I think simply collecting what is coming in from upstream and cutting
> (pre-)releases from that in predictable frequency would incredibly help.
> Why not settle for something similar to what OS did and Ubuntu does, cut a
> release for every quarter, name it OpenIndiana 2013.3, 2013.6 etc. and put
> in all that is coming in from illumos, kernel and ZFS repositories? That
> process should be put under continous build control if possible to ease
> handling. Complement that with nightly builds and we're in the game again.
>
> People will rather use it when they see activity, users will eventually be
> supporters and enough users and supporters could mean a business case. And
> a business case could mean support contracts.
>
> Someone around with experience in building prestables who could assist
> setting up a scripted build and maybe setting up a CI? Someone to share
> necessary infrastructure to host this? Then why not just start moving?
>
> Cheers
> Stefan
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