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This is worth pointing out. To me high commit activity is much more an indicator of poorly designed software than a quality project especially when a project ha

This is worth pointing out. To me high commit activity is much more an indicator of poorly designed software than a quality project especially when a project has been focused on solving a particular problem for some time. This Solaris news is disappointing. I feel bad for those of you who have worked on this project for a significant portion of your career. Hope those who have been working on it find a good home somewhere. Bryan, do you expect this will affect the direction of SmartOS in any significant way?

bcantrill 9y ago
For us, with the exception of the human toil on former colleagues (which shouldn't be minimized), this is a total positive: it eliminates the Solaris confusion (which we've seen recently in Go[1]), and it gives us a new talent pool to draw into illumos. While I don't know how many will matriculate, I can say with confidence that it will be significant in terms of magnitude if not in terms of numbers. So yes, I expect it to affect the direction of SmartOS -- and very much for the better! [1] https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20603 https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20603