Sarah Jelinek wrote: > Peter Tribble wrote: >> On 2/1/07, Sarah Jelinek <Sarah.Jelinek at sun.com> wrote: ... >>> The target audience is supposed to be developers. The idea is the lower >>> the barriers to installing Solaris for laptop/x86 users, and get them up >>> and running with the development tools they need. Your point about >>> SUNWCxall being too heavyweight is valid. What would you suggest as the >>> default cluster we should install for this target audience? >> I don't think any of the existing metaclusters are suitable. In fact, the >> metaclusters need to be changed so they become useful. I think you >> actually want to define a specific install profile for this case. >> > Agreed. Part of the problem we have is our metaclusters are too big, and > out of date. It is something we are looking at in terms of reworking the > software layout and selection for a Solaris install.
But, to be clear, while we agree with Peter, changing the metacluster definitions isn't going to be done in the Dwarf Caiman project. The metaclusters we currently have are the ones that will still be used at that point. >>> And, what >>> type of default network settings should be consider for developers? >> I think you need to keep the dhcp as the default, but have some escape >> route just in case it goes wrong. Either that, or a simple and obvious >> network reconfiguration widget available when logged in. And as you've >> mentioned laptop users, make sure that the tools they need for mobility >> are included. >> > Agreed. Again, while we agree, it's important to be clear that's out of this project's scope. I'm hopeful that the Network Auto-Magic (NWAM) project, or at least some portion of it, will be available around that time to provide a better experience for the user in configuring networking. This project isn't going to attempt it. Whatever weaknesses the "DHCP default and use sys-unconfig to fix" approach has will persist until NWAM shows up. One thing that is important to understand is that Dwarf Caiman is a small subset of the overall program, designed to make some progress in a particular time period, so there are decisions deliberately made here to scope the project within that time given the resources we can apply. Dave
