shawn -
while things have changed... the fact that a IPS upgrade from b106 to
b107 involved 600+MB of download tells me that the model is still
substantially a WOS. I can understand that in a substantial upgrade like
2008.05 to .11, but a basic two week development effort results in 600+
MB of "new" code??? so if you hadn't guessed im still not a huge fan
of the IPS repository model... my base system is SXCE 101, with LU's
back to 88, and I keep hoping I can migrate to IPS and BE, because it
has the potential for substantially smaller bandwidth requirements, but...
its potentially better than SXCE, but nowhere near as atomic as BFU...
just a view from the dark,
rich
Shawn Walker wrote:
Rich Reynolds wrote:
Greg -
thanx for the clarification... my intent was only to suggest that
the old BWOS "train" model that Sun has used for MANY years many no
longer hold them in good stead and that should a better distro model
come about, which finally views a distro as nothing more than an
integrated base set of code, a simple and granular repository, and an
easy to use install/upgrade method, OpenSolaris.org based systems
could truly compete for the desktop with the likes of a Ubuntu
"Intrepid Ibex". Dont get me wrong, I am a dyed in the wool SunOS guy,
from SunOS3.2 on, but the release engineering world and the nature of
the customer base has changed and we as a community need to help all
the opensolaris.org based distros compete more effectively or perish
under our own weight...
I have to ask, haven't you noticed how significantly the model has
already changed and is continuing to change with the OpenSolaris 200x
releases?
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