On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 23:42 -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > >> 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. > > > 2010.02 will see a lot more polish and functionality geared towards > enterprise and off-line environments. We'll also be continuing ARC > review in the near future, so I imagine you will see a much clearer > roadmap then. >
I personally find the current installation options very unfortunate. The Live CD doesn't offer any customization and is absolutely unsuitable for server installations. The AI is good only if you've got a number of servers on the same network, but you can't use it for individual servers on different locations. As long as there is no other way for installations, OpenSolaris 2009.06 is no option for most of my installations and if I want OpenSolaris, I have to use the latest Nevada build. Even "minimum" Live CD without all the desktop/gnome, localization and other packages would help a lot ;-) -Philip
