Glenn Lagasse wrote: > * Rich Reynolds (rich at redstar-assoc.com) wrote: >> Glenn Lagasse wrote: >>> * Dave Miner (dminer at opensolaris.org) wrote: >>>> Personally, I don't get the enthusiasm that's been expressed for >>>> supporting this particular installation mode. I tend to believe that >>>> it's due to habit of long-time Solaris users who haven't had network >>>> package repo's; it was less inconvenient to have a pile of extra, >>>> mostly useless bits lying around and adding overhead to upgrades >>>> than to have to hunt up a DVD in the event that some of those bits >>>> were needed later on. I'd never want to do this with any Linux >>>> distro, either (and didn't, when I was using them a lot). >>> That echoes my sentiments precisely (even the part about not doing this >>> on any Linux distro) for whatever it's worth. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >> There is a large segment of the present SunOS user community for whom >> network package repo's are doable, but not with out a GREAT deal of work >> and GREATER gnashing of teeth... they have no connection to >> pkg.opensolaris.org or any other .org/.com/... domain. their standard >> requirement is that all the stuff show up on media that can be trusted >> to have come from the vendor. Now you know the population of which I >> speak, and the massive headaches they will have deploying... > > Absolutely, I completely agree. And we'll (well the IPS effort) will > provide for such users/use cases when IPS gets an on-disk format thus > enabling a 'repo-on-a-dvd'.
*nitpick* The on-disk format will actually be delivered *after* the 'repo-on-a-dvd'. Whether the on-disk format is a new version of a repository format or something completely different hasn't been decided yet. Specifically, an ISO image of the repository will be made available for the 2009.06 in the near future enabling users to run their own local repository using pkg.depotd. Stay tuned. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
