Thank you for clarifying this term. I have another question. When we talk about Solaris 9, 10, etc., does it mean Solaris 2.5.9, 2.5.10, since during the start up page we could se something like SunOS 5.11 (which means development version of Solaris. Is it here also omitted 2 (instead of 5.11 it should be 2.5.11) or there are other explanation?
I'm in doubt since many people talking about that SunOS 2.6 equals Solaris 6, SunOS 2.7 equals Solaris 7, etc. Is not right versioning that SunOS 2.5.6 equals Solaris 6, etc? Thank you in advance, Uros Nedic -----Original Message----- From: Dale Ghent [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: June 22, 2009 7:36 AM To: Uros Nedic Cc: 'Laurent Blume'; advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [advocacy-discuss] Software 'wish list'! It is a quasi-marketing cover term for "the next version of Solaris, whatever Sun may name it" Generally, this means "Solaris 11" in the current case. But as things go, it could very well be called something other than "Solaris 11" when Sun releases the next version. Hence the generic reference of "Solaris Next" /dale On Jun 22, 2009, at 1:29 AM, Uros Nedic wrote: > 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: advocacy-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org > [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 > > _______________________________________________ > advocacy-discuss mailing list > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss
