On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 11:27 -0800, Erik Trimble wrote: > 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
Regardless of whether any formal announcement coming down from on high from corporate, I seem to recall that the plan for Indiana was for just such 6 month releases. And so do a few others I've asked privately, so I don't think I was hallucinating. > 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. I have. But I fear free security updates will soon become a thing of the past. Am I missing something or has Oracle specifically addressed this? -- Ken Gunderson <kgund...@teamcool.net> _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
