Thanks for the comments! >>>>> "Mark" == Mark J Nelson <Mark.J.Nelson at Sun.COM> writes:
Mark> devref.xml 329-334: Where it says "Download the installed image Mark> (not the full product)," it would be nice to have an additional Mark> note. I know this isn't OpenSolaris instructions, but on those Mark> systems, it's more dramatic--you can't simply "pkg install Mark> sunstudio," even though it's there. Something like "Because ON Mark> only switches to a new compiler release after extensive testing, Mark> you can't simply download and install the latest compiler release. Mark> Instead, you should grab a tarbell of the tested, installed Mark> image." This warning is technically already present at line 964, Mark> but we're repeating (perhaps) too much info here? I think it's worth repeating the warning here, so I'll do that. Mark> And at 964, should the text be augmented to include the "can't Mark> just pkg install sunstudio" bit for OpenSolaris? Yes; will add. Mark> 734: Does this call for a link to Liane's page at Mark> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/building_on/ ? I'll add links to the sections for installing those particular distributions (1.3.2.1 for OpenSolaris, 1.3.2.2 for Solaris Express). Mark> 775-777: OpenSolaris is kind of mentioned multiple times, and I'm Mark> not sure that Solaris 10 should be listed here. If so, don't we Mark> also need a caveat that you should use a build that is "close to" Mark> (formally, within two builds of?) the code you're building? The DevRef distinguishes the development environment from the build environment. The simplest set of requirements applies to a development environment: you need only have sufficient space to store the source tree and enough CPU and memory to run text editors and tools such as cscope. In that context, I think it's reasonable to continue mentioning S10, and I think it's friendlier for newcomers. I'll make changes to Section 1.3.2 (Installing a Binary Distribution) and Section 2.1.2 (Build Environment) to reflect the "recent build" requirement. mike
