--- Alan Coopersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chung Hang Christopher Chan wrote: > > No dist-upgrade this. So why do we have a monthly > CD > > release instead of a monthly kernel package(s) > > release? > > Because the development release procedure was > originally designed > when all the people using them were in a few > buildings with high > bandwidth connections around the San Francisco Bay > Area, and has > not yet evolved to better fit a world-wide > distribution to people > with lower bandwidth.
Bandwidth is not a problem. I guess nobody imagined that people might think of using it in major server deployments like some people do with Debian, Centos and what not. > > And it wouldn't just be the kernel - lots of other > stuff changes > each build, but almost every package is rebuilt > every build, not > just those with source changes like a Linux distro, > and no one > keeps track of which have real change and which just > have recompiled > bits. Surely ON could be rebuilt and other stuff that make up the rest of the distro be left without change or maintained seperately? I mean, Solaris 7/8/9 apps are supposed to work on Solaris 10 right? Having to use a DVD or CDs to do an upgrade when most of the stuff does not need reinstalling makes this required method of updating silly. How am I to draw Linux guys over or to keep new comers to Unix from going over to Linux because things are easier there? Not everyone is going to appreciate quality if something that is more convenient but of an acceptable quality exists as an alternative and that is free too. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
