[OmniOS-discuss] Bloody bump to r151023, and more

[Volker A. Brandt]

Hello all!


Dan wrote:
> Besides trying to get an r151022 AWS image spun up, I'm also attempting to
> bump the bloody repo & master branch to r151023, so bloody can stay bloody
> (vs. the now-released r151022).

This is good news.  It got me thinking a bit... a number of people,
myself included, have volunteered to take on the task of caring for
the repository, most notably Theo who will deal with security issues
in Omnios "core".

So the big question is what will happen to the repositories (022 and
bloody).  In IRC, Dan assured me that they will stay at OmniTI in
the near future, until the community decides otherwise.

This brings me to the following questions:

- What is the process of contributing something to either repo in the
  "post-Dan" era?  Send a pull request to Theo?  Someone else?  Some
  reviewed semi-automatic process? (I am still not friends with git :-)

- Who decides what goes into the repo?

- Who will sign the 022 repository packages?  (Remember that they
  currently are signed using OmniTI-owned certificates.)

- Who will maintain a mechanism to retrieve and/or store the upstream
  sources for the various open source components in OmniOS userland?

I don't care much about community governance and release model and
project structure.  I do care about a well-maintained repository
that is universally accessible and can be used by anyone anywhere
wishing to update their 022 installation to the latest software.

I have some more ideas but first things first. :-)


Best regards -- Volker
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