On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Guido Berhoerster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> >> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Simon Breden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> My understanding from what I've seen is that SXCE is a release made >>> approximately every 2 weeks, and is based on the Nevada project. >>> >>> Again, my understanding of the 2008.05 release is that: >>> 1. this will be released only every 6 months >>> 2. it is based on the Indiana project >>> 3. to get updates for fixes, new code etc, you will use IPS -- i.e. the >>> pkg command (like the old Debian apt-get update... command) >>> >>> Does that sound correct, or not? >> >> Yes. >> >>> However, if I moved over to using 2008.05 (Indiana), I wonder if this >>> would be a much better way to keep my system up to date with fixes etc. >>> However, am I right in saying this is the first "real" release of Indian >>> (non-Live CD)? If so, again, perhaps it will still be more bleeding edge >>> than staying with Nevada. >> >> The difference is that real support will be available starting May 13th: >> >> http://www.sun.com/service/opensolaris/index.jsp >> >>> Also, from a code / features point of view, what are the main differences >>> between Nevada and Inidiana (2008.05)? I know about IPS, and that sounds >>> good, but what other things are there in Indiana that would make me want to >>> switch to using it? >>> >> >> The main thing is support being available. SXCE never had security >> fixes, etc. so you always had to BFU or reinstall each time. >> >> The disadvantage is that you won't see new functionality as quickly >> (every six months instead of every two weeks). >> >> The advantage is that the system will have "more features" (i.e. >> modernization) than Solaris 10, but be more stable than SXCE. > > Your statement seems contradictory to what I have gathered, according to > David Comay[1] the Indiana repository will be updated every two weeks as new > SXCE builds become available. So stability- wise it will be like SXCE and > not SXDE. My interpretation of [2] and [3] is that access to a more stable > repository receiving backported bugfixes only will be tied to a support > contract.
That's why I pointed at that link above for the support page, and said "support being available." Sorry, I should have been clearer. > So to me this implies that one either pays for a support contract and gets a > stable system with bug-/security-fixes and bi-annual releases or has to live > with a constantly updated, bleeding-edge SXCE (at least if one makes use of > IPS) :( > > Or am I getting something wrong here? I know as much as you do about that, at this time, and your impression matches mine. *If* that is what Sun chooses to do, it would essentially be the same thing RedHat does with Fedora, and I think it would be quite fair. I suspect we'll find out more on May 13th. -- Shawn Walker "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
