Rick N wrote:
as far as "PC" clones goes:
What about a release cycle that last for years, nevermind this every
6month/1year crap. which is what crash n burn Ubuntu does.
None of these will fill the gap as good as 1 major release and updates follow
(aka, the way Windows does it, yes Windows, ie: WinXP for years and years, its
easier for all development cycles).
How many times, right after there is a major release, watch if FireFox,...,
doesn't offer some super great upgrade ? Or, some important firmware update
after the fact always ends up being offered, in which case, the user has to
follow 100's of hoola-hoop threads, just to find out how to implement yet
another update/upgrade.
Every 6 months, or even every year is a useless burden on
development/productions cycles.
So instead, we should "FLOW" all these major/minor upgrades/updates along with
ONE major release.
1st./ it makes that one main release more visible. kind-of like "FORD", get it
?
Don't we do this anyway, by allowing users to upgrade to development cycles
anyway?
Stick an "update" ICON on the desktop and there you go, offer some update
options and thats it. -just like Windows Update.
I think this would be a better long-term solution ?-
my 2 Sense.
:)
What you describe is /EXACTLY/ what happens with Solaris 10. And will
happen in good time with Solaris Next (aka Solaris 11 or whatever it
gets called).
For now (and, likely even post-Solaris Next), OpenSolaris will remain
the "playground/sandbox" for development work, and as such, I can't see
any change from the current model - a "stable" release every 6-12
months, with critical fixes in between for it, but end-users are
expected to upgrade to the latest "stable" when it comes out. I really
don't know what Oracle is going to do about possibly providing support
for OpenSolaris release versions - they're currently not renewing any
support contracts for them, but who knows. That all said, OpenSolaris
is by its very nature a development platform, and expecting long-term
support for various releases makes no sense. If you need stability, go
get Solaris 10.
Avoid the Windows model of major updates. It's deficient for many reasons.
In any case, there's plenty of reason for folks outside Sun/Oracle to
build their own distro to cater to their needs (Nexenta is the stellar
example, but by means not the only one). I just don't see any
compelling reason that Sun/Oracle will change the current release model
used for opensolaris.[org|com]
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Erik Trimble
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