As always, please start with the release notes:
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseNotes/r151022
And for this release, there are upgrade notes:
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Upgrade_to_r151022
This is an LTS and Stable update. Highlights include:
- BSD Loader is now available. This has its own wiki page, including how to
stick with GRUB if you think you need to.
- Kayak Interactive Installer --> No more Caiman, no more F-keys & curses, and
no-more hacking timezone names. Also, one less repo to maintain for OmniOS.
Kayak does it all now.
- Python is now 2.7. This means an IPS/pkg(5) update too. There's a subtle, but
noteworthy, update to linked-image semantics ("pkg update -r") AND upgrading
non-linked-image "ipkg" zones is a bit more difficult due to the transition
(chicken & egg problem with ipkg brand "attach").
- Perl is now 5.24.1.
- USB 3.0 support.
With OmniTI withdrawing funding for OmniOS-as-product, this will be the last
OmniTI-pushed "release" of OmniOS. It contains all of the most recent (as of
May) illumos-gate changes, AND illumos-joyent LX brand changes.
This release broke the 6-month cadence, due to Loader, Python2.7, and the need
for Kayak to take over ALL installation duties. I'm sorry for it being 1-2
months late, but I wanted to make sure these changes were comfortably in place
during the 021 bloody.
Because of the sheer volume of change in this release, I had to update many
OmniOS wiki pages. Here's a list of all of those I changed nontrivially due to
r151022. Please check them out to make sure I'm not missing anything...
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseNotes/r151022
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Installation
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/LXZones
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Upgrade_to_r151022
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/NewLinkedImages
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/linked_images
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/KayakInteractive
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/BSDLoader
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseCycle
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Packaging
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseNotes/
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/WikiStart
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/BuildInstructions
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Maintainers
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/illumos-tools
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/buildctl
https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseMedia
I'll have more to say about my departure from OmniTI in a distinct e-mail.
Thanks, and happy upgrading!
Dan
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