Hi all, I would like if someone could clarify what term 'Solaris Next' means exactly? Is it term for each new version of OpenSolaris, or working name only for OpenSolaris 2010.02, or maybe the new brand-name of some future OS?
Thanks, Uros -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:advocacy-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Laurent Blume Sent: June 22, 2009 6:36 AM To: advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [advocacy-discuss] Software 'wish list'! Shawn Walker a ?crit : > Note an nfs mount is just a filesystem, so that implies that anything > that can provide files works. Ok, I had thought about that, but... (see below) > I think the word repository 'evokes' some sort of image that implies an > entire collection of software, when that really isn't true. ... I did think it implied that, thus it wouldn't easily fit on a media, or just take hours to move files. > The version of pkgrecv in the ips source gate right now has the ability > to extract and republish specific packages from one repository to > another or create a new one on the fly. > > So for example, if you wanted just gcc and its dependencies in a new > repository on a filesystem: > > pkgrecv -s http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev -d file:///path/to/repo -r > SUNWgcc And that *is* nice :-) > I realise we don't have a roadmap that lays out what all the plans are, > but off-line support has been a goal from the beginning. The issue has > been that resources available to implement all the functionality needed > is finite, so the most important functionality was implemented first. Ok, I fully understand that now. I really didn't at the time, because it really wasn't advertised. Creating repositories seemed to be the only answer. > Delaying an on-disk format has been a significant advantage for us since > it forced and allowed a refinement of the network-centric portions of > the design. Remember that pkg(5) was only just started near the end of > 2007, so design and implementation have been occurring rapidly. > > Because of the delay, the on-disk format when it is implemented will be > much better than it would have been had we attempted one at the > beginning because other parts of the system have changed. That sounds great! :-) Roadmap would be nice indeed. I understand it wasn't possible at the beginning, not many resources for that. But now we're getting to a point where Sun is extending support duration for OS.c, and talking about Solaris Next. Having a roadmap would allow some planning forward. Thanks a lot for the clarification, Laurent _______________________________________________ advocacy-discuss mailing list advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss
