On 01/10/2007, Bryan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You really don't go about updating the system. There are no updates > > made available for anything but the Production release of Solaris > > (i.e. Solaris 10 at the moment). > > > > You *can* upgrade to the next release whenever it comes out. > > > > Also, if you installed the "Developer Edition" that automatically does > > a full install. Everything that is part of Solaris is already installed. > > > > If you want to install additional software, I would suggest looking at > > http://www.blastwave.org/ > > > > -- > > Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > > http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ > > This appears to be one of the key distinctions between Open Solaris and other > Open Source operating systems. Proving these kinds of "updates" or patch > bundles is a revenue stream for Sun and a matter or course for the others. > For those of us coming from the BSD/Linux/et_al world it takes some educating > as it isn't obvious at first blush. I am not saying it is bad. Just > different. And, it explains why there are so many questions on this topic > every week. >
That wouldn't really be an accurate characterization. As James pointed out, it is primarily for technical reasons. Once ips gets integrated and/or Project Indiana gets rolling, I would expect this to change radically. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. " --Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
