On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Ian Murdock wrote:
... ... *Building a reference isn't the main goal*. What is the main goal? Making OpenSolaris more accessible to people like this: ...
Understood, and that's precisely why I keep saying Indiana needs a reset based on case 2007/047. Indiana's goals (e.g. Making OpenSolaris more accessible to people like this), are *identical* to the goals of case 2007/047 (And of course that case, as with any ARC case, can certainly be employed by any distro, not just Nevada.) --Eric Disclaimer: It could be said that I suffer from irrational exuberance when it comes to case 2007/047. Having been a Solaris/Linux Compatibility evangelist in both unofficial and official roles at Sun for some 7 years now, the thrill that I experienced seeing 2007/047 happen might make it hard to be unbiased in this regard.
... As an outsider to the Solaris community that's been interested in trying it out, let me say that it's about damn time this happens. If you go to the OpenSolaris web site, all bright eyed and eager to download a new operating system, you will walk away in bitter disappointment. Sure, it says the word "open" in two dozen languages on the web page, but when you go hunting for an installer disk to download, suddenly you are cast into a maze. Nevada builds? What the hell is Nevada? Oh, it's what they're calling the OpenSolaris code base. You'll need to download these components and build them. Well, how do I install it? Oh, you can't do that, you need to have a Solaris machine up already to build on. But you can get started if you go to Sun's site and download their Solaris Express Enterprise Pro Champion Edition (after dutifully registering), and then enjoy that pleasant install experience. And when that's done, you still have the work ahead of you of getting ON (what the hell is that? Oh, OS and Network. Sorry, I don't work at Sun) built and updated. Did I miss anything? We haven't gotten to packages to make the system usable yet. I just want an ISO that says OpenSolaris and installs THE OpenSolaris system. In a usable state. Then I'll be able to test my apps against it and claim they work. "Well, it runs on Belenix" doesn't quite feel the same, does it? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/31/sun_project_indiana/comments/#c_17095 -ian -- Ian Murdock 650-331-9324 http://ianmurdock.com/ "Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel Paige _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
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