Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-11 Thread Robert Treat
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Guenther Alka wrote: > about OmniOS and the silence for weeks > > For my own future, I have already decided to switch back to OpenIndiana, the > community based sister project of OmniOS. But like many users, I have yet > OmniOS installations

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-10 Thread Davide Poletto
If I recall correctly, I proposed to include that new feature in Caiman on the "Extending the installer" thread which was started on the list at end of February 2016. See here: http://lists.omniti.com/pipermail/omnios-discuss/2016-February/006446.html and my 2 cents about that at that time:

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-10 Thread Alexander Lesle
Hello @all, Is there a option to add the rpool_Customize https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ISOrpoolCustomize in the installer too? On Juli, 07 2017, 20:52 wrote in [1]: > On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 11:14:25 -0400 > Dan McDonald wrote: >> During the r151024 timeframe, one of the

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Günther Alka
Only a personal stance I am from Germany where a re-unification of Germany happened some year ago. When this happened there were a lot of different interest involved but luckily Cancellor Kohl simply declared this as a golden common future for East and West Germany and he succeeded. A lot

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Jim Klimov
On July 7, 2017 5:01:59 PM GMT+02:00, Michael Rasmussen wrote: >On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 16:31:41 +0200 >Guenther Alka wrote: > >> >> Maybe a switch to the OI installer is desirable as it offers a >network setting option on initial setup. >> The OmniOS installer is

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Eric Sproul
On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > Add to this that the user should be able to apply a preseed to the > installer (Think of Debian) to have all that done automatically - > imagine being able to remote install through PXE both Omnios and > detailed

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Günther Alka
Thank you Dan Does this mean - the problems around a cooperatione with OmniOS were mainly in the past prior OI Hipster? - A a merge would introduce conflicts. This would require work to solve or both sides agree to use one or the other as base? Each choice would require work to maintain the

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Linda Kateley
On 7/7/17 1:52 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 11:14:25 -0400 Dan McDonald wrote: During the r151024 timeframe, one of the things on my plate was going to be a "install postprocessing" menu option on the Kayak menu. The idea would be if you wanted to get

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 11:14:25 -0400 Dan McDonald wrote: > During the r151024 timeframe, one of the things on my plate was going to be a > "install postprocessing" menu option on the Kayak menu. The idea would be if > you wanted to get things set prior to your next boot, you'd

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Dan McDonald
> On Jul 7, 2017, at 11:42 AM, Guenther Alka wrote: > > hello Dan > > Thanks for jumping in. > You are the person with the very best insights in OmniOSand Illumos > and propably OI. Can you please comment about the options to cooperate with > OI. > > Is this doable and

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Guenther Alka
hello Dan Thanks for jumping in. You are the person with the very best insights in OmniOSand Illumos and propably OI. Can you please comment about the options to cooperate with OI. Is this doable and wishable from your point of viewand how or do you have an alternative idea for a positive

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Guenther Alka
Hello Jim and @all I am using OmniOS and OI for years and I fully agree with you. Your position and that of Aurélian and Tobi are not identical but not too far away and may be the base to find a solution for a win-win situation for all that suits the needs and wants of all. In the current

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Peter Tribble
On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 12:47 AM, Aurélien Larcher < aurelien.larc...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is good news, but I would engage you to discuss about reducing the > fragmentation in the illumos community. > We have a few distros maintained by 1-3 guys without any or much momentum > and much

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-07 Thread Tobias Oetiker
Hi Aurélien, - On Jul 7, 2017, at 7:55 AM, Aurélien Larcher wrote: > On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 7:21 AM, Tobias Oetiker < [ mailto:t...@oetiker.ch | > t...@oetiker.ch ] > wrote: >> Hi Aurélien >> the motivation behind OmniOSce is that we have come to love the

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-06 Thread Aurélien Larcher
On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 7:21 AM, Tobias Oetiker wrote: > Hi Aurélien > > the motivation behind OmniOSce is that we have come to love the the > stability and > tight focus of OmniOS. Many of us are running large servers that form > critical pieces of our infrastructure. Loosing

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-06 Thread Aurélien Larcher
Gea, > > the king is dead, long live the king > > https://gitter.im/omniosorg/Lobby > > www.omniosce.org > > the story continues ... > It is good news, but I would engage you to discuss about reducing the fragmentation in the illumos community. We have a few distros maintained by 1-3 guys without

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-06 Thread Floris van Essen ..:: House of Ancients Amstafs ::..
Hi All, Fully agree with Gea! Kr, Floris Van: OmniOS-discuss [mailto:omnios-discuss-boun...@lists.omniti.com] Namens Guenther Alka Verzonden: woensdag 5 juli 2017 16:48 Aan: omnios-discuss <omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com> Onderwerp: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncer

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-05 Thread Andries Annema
Wow, indeed! I see I have to catch up on reading the latest developments on the "lobby" discussion and see when and where I can jump in. *thumbs up* Andries On 2017-07-05 16:48, Guenther Alka wrote: hello Tobi and Andy the first good news for 10 Weeks! cheers Gea Am 05.07.2017 um

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-05 Thread Guenther Alka
hello Tobi and Andy the first good news for 10 Weeks! cheers Gea Am 05.07.2017 um 16:30 schrieb Tobias Oetiker: Gea, the king is dead, long live the king https://gitter.im/omniosorg/Lobby www.omniosce.org the story continues ... cheers tobi - On Jul 5, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Guenther

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-05 Thread Tobias Oetiker
Gea, the king is dead, long live the king https://gitter.im/omniosorg/Lobby www.omniosce.org the story continues ... cheers tobi - On Jul 5, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Guenther Alka wrote: > about OmniOS and the silence for weeks > For my own future, I have already

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Questions about - End the uncertainty -

2017-07-05 Thread Andy Fiddaman
On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, Guenther Alka wrote: ; - Is there an option to fix serious bugs or problems in OmniOS for a limited ; time like 1 year or at least end of the year? This would help until a sucessor ; (less likely OmniOS 151024, maybe next OpenIndiana snap with a stable subset) ; is available.