> We try to document the known issues with each build > via the release > notes. In many cases, some of the issues won't be > seen from internal > testing for whatever reason (lack of certain > hardware, limited testing > in other locales, different set of packages > installed). As each set of > release notes document:
We ALL understand that. But my main point is: "I am vehemently pissed off by not seeing a warning on the release notes about build 107 not being to boot from VirtualBox. A lot of my time was unproductively wasted. But I am more concerned about its implications. "I can understand it perfectly well if I ran into booting problem with certain machine(s). But with VirtualBox, we are supposed to have full knowledge of all the virtual hardware devices and their associated drivers. OTOH, this is not just an ordinary virtualization software, but something that has been increasingly acknowledged as the best tool for desktop virtualization. I think it is somewhat inexcusable that a build was released without first going through the best virtualization software. "The fact that VirtualBox and OpenSolaris have a common ownership also should not be ignored. Many of my friends have told me that once they tried VirtualBox on their favorable Linux distro, either as a guest or host, or both, they will be eager to try OpenSolaris. Let's hope that we will not disappoint those who are similarly minded." http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=93211&tstart=0 AFAIC, there is no excuse why such a boot problem--when running os0906_107 as a Vista guest under VirtualBo--was not mentioned in the Release Notes. But that's just my opinion. Some people value certain aspects of OpenSolaris more highly than other parts. I am utterly disappointed--for sure not by the failure to boot--but by the specific underlying circumstance that this failure occurred and, more particularly, by the fact that this was not considered important enough to be mentioned. But again, everyone has his/her priority. I certainly have sinned by using a language that is too strong for the taste, but this also underscores the frustrations that I had gone through. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
