Oracle never said such thing officially. i think it was part of a leaked memo written by someone who is no longer employed by them
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Jonathan Adams <t12nsloo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oracle have sorta said that they will release all the changes they > have made to ZFS (and some other changes) after they have finally > released Solaris 11, because the ZFS was "Open Source" ... and we > might then be able to incorporate the changes that they have made into > Illumos ... > > However Oracle own the code, so if they want to change the License to > a non-"Open Source" one, they are probably within their rights ... > > I don't usually complain if Samba does not work well with Microsoft > Windows ... I usually rejoice when it does, likewise I won't expect an > Open system to mirror one that is currently closed and without > specification. > > Jon > > On 8 June 2011 17:08, Bruno Damour <ll...@ruomad.net> wrote: >> Of course it's me, but i think it suggests it's on par with sol 11 express >> which is snv_151a. >> As oi_147/8 was based on snv_147/8 >> >> But as we of course have to get used to oi being a real fork of solaris, why >> not change the numbering scheme ? >> >> Bruno >> PS : Please, do not think I'm complaining, I'm not >> >> ----- Mail Original ----- >> De: "Dan Swartzendruber" <dswa...@druber.com> >> À: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> >> Envoyé: Mercredi 8 Juin 2011 17h46:53 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Berne >> / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne >> Objet: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zfs only to version 5 after upgrading to >> oi-151? >> >> Bruno Damour wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Still, this is an (at least for me) important drawback, because that means >>> that there is no possibility to "upgrade" from solaris 11 express. >>> I thought that the goal was to be compatible with solaris 11 express, and >>> assumed that zfs/zpool versions would also be. >>> Of course I understand the difficulties, but isn't the numbering (151) >>> slightly misleading ? >>> AFAIK the base is still snv_148+patches for core elements, even if JDS, >>> etc... is in line with solaris 11 express. >>> >> How is this misleading? I don't see how '151' implies 'zfs/zpool >> versions at least as new as SE11'? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss