Cool! Can the new boot loader handle 4K drives with this release?
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:51 PM Gary Gendel <g...@genashor.com> wrote: > This is very exciting. Thanks for the hard work to get things going. > > Gary > On 7/12/2017 11:32 AM, Tobias Oetiker wrote: > > # OmniOS Community Edition > > > > On April 21st 2017, OmniTI announced that they would suspend active > development of OmniOS and support contracts would not be renewed. > > > > While this announcement left many users stunned, others focused more on > the fact that OmniTI in their announcement also expressed the hope that > "the community" would take up further development of the OS. 14 weeks > later, OmniOS Community Edition is a reality. > > > > Andy Fiddaman (www.citrus-it.net), Tobias Oetiker (www.oetiker.ch) and > Dominik Hassler have spent some quality time setting up the systems and > procedures allowing us to take over maintenance and development of OmniOS. > In this endeavour we were supported by many. Special thanks to Stefan Husch > (www.qutic.com), Peter Tribble (www.petertribble.co.uk), Dan McDonald and > Theo Schlossnagle (www.circonus.com). > > > > We have forked the OmniOS repos and pulled in bugfixes and security > fixes that have been published since the release of OmniOS r151022. After > setting up our own package repository and updating the build > infrastructure, we are finally ready to go public. We are following the > established OmniOS release naming scheme by releasing > > > > > > ## OmniOSce r151022h, 12th July 2017 > > > > The new release contains the following fixes: > > > > - expat updated to version 2.2.1 (fixes CVE-2017-9233) > > - openssl updated to version 1.0.2l > > - curl updated to version 7.54.1 > > - bind updated to version 9.10.5-P3 > > - p7zip updated to fix CVE-2016-9296 > > - web/ca-bundle updated to include OmniOSce Certificate Authority > certificate > > > > `uname -a` shows omnios-r151022-f9693432c2 (no change in this release) > > > > Our work does not stop here though. First we are committed to quickly > releasing updates for r151022 as the need arises. We are also working > towards releasing r151024 on schedule. To that end, we have already updated > the bloody environment with all the latest goodies from upstream illumos > and joyent-lx repositories. > > > > OmniOS community edition hosts its sources on > https://github.com/omniosorg/ and if you want to get in touch, you can > find us on https://gitter.im/omniosorg/Lobby > > > > > > ## Release Schedule > > > > The intention is for new stable releases to continue to come out every > 26 weeks. Interim, "weekly" updates to stable follow a fixed schedule > denoted by letters, one per week. Weekly releases are made as needed, so > there may not be a release each week. The first release of a new stable > version is synonymous with weekly release "a", though the letter is not > used. > > > > During the intervals between stable releases, Bloody moves forward > rapidly, picking up changes from upstream illumos-gate and illumos-joyent > as well as updating various userland packages. In general, upstream merges > will be performed on a Thursday/Friday each week and weekly releases will > be published on a Monday. > > > > Bloody releases will be published on an ad-hoc basis but may be as > frequent as every week. > > > > Security fixes are excluded from the schedule and handled with priority > as they occur. > > > > > > ## How to Upgrade > > > > All OmniOS packages are signed and the pkg installer is configured to > only allow trusted sources for the core packages. In order to upgrade to > the new OmniOS community edition, you have to let your box know that the > updates will be coming from a new trusted source. This means you will have > to import our CA certificate into your system. > > > > 1. Get a copy of the new certificate > > > > ``` > > # /usr/bin/wget -P /etc/ssl/pkg \ > > https://downloads.omniosce.org/ssl/omniosce-ca.cert.pem > > ``` > > > > 2. Check the certificate fingerprint > > > > ``` > > # /usr/bin/openssl x509 -fingerprint \ > > -in /etc/ssl/pkg/omniosce-ca.cert.pem -noout > > ``` > > > > `8D:CD:F9:D0:76:CD:AF:C1:62:AF:89:51:AF:8A:0E:35:24:4C:66:6D` > > > > > > 3. Change the publisher to our new repo > > > > ``` > > # /usr/bin/pkg set-publisher -P \ > > -G https://pkg.omniti.com/omnios/r151022/ \ > > -g https://pkg.omniosce.org/r151022/core/ omnios > > ``` > > > > 4. For each native zone (if you have any), run > > > > ``` > > # /usr/bin/pkg -R <zone_root> set-publisher -P \ > > -G https://pkg.omniti.com/omnios/r151022/ \ > > -g https://pkg.omniosce.org/r151022/core/ omnios > > ``` > > > > (get a list of all your zones by running `zoneadm list -cv` for the > `<zone_root>`, add `/root` to the PATH given in the list.) > > > > > > 5. Install the new ca-bundle containing our new CA > > > > ``` > > # /usr/bin/pkg update -rv web/ca-bundle > > ``` > > > > 6. Remove the CA file imported by hand > > > > ``` > > # rm /etc/ssl/pkg/omniosce-ca.cert.pem > > ``` > > > > 7. Finally update as usual > > > > ``` > > # /usr/bin/pkg update -rv > > ``` > > > > > > ## About OmniOS Community Edition Association > > > > OmniOS Community Edition Association (OmniOSce) is a Swiss association, > dedicated to the continued support and release of OmniOS for the benefit of > all parties involved. The board of OmniOSce controls access to the OmniOS > CA. Current board members are: Tobias Oetiker (President), Andy Fiddaman > (Development), Dominik Hassler (Treasurer). > > > > > > ## About Citrus-IT > > > > Citrus IT is a UK company that provides a managed email service platform > to companies around the world. For many years they ran their systems on > Solaris with SPARC hardware but transitioned to OmniOS in 2012. > www.citrus-it.net > > > > > > ## About OETIKER+PARTNER AG > > > > OETIKER+PARTNER is a Swiss system management and software development > company. Employees from O+P are involved in many Open Source Software > projects. O+P runs most of their server hardware on OmniOS. www.oetiker.ch > > > > > > Press inquiries to i...@omniosce.org > > > > Published July 12, 2017 > > > > OmniOSce > > Aarweg 17 > > 4600 Olten > > Switzerland > > > > http://www.omniosce.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OmniOS-discuss mailing list > OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com > http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss >
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