Shawn Walker wrote: > On 26/09/2007, MC <rac at eastlink.ca> wrote: > >>> On 24/09/2007, MC <rac at eastlink.ca> wrote: >>> >>>> With no partition management I think the 10/07 >>>> >>> release becomes pretty squarely targeted at virtual >>> machine users. >>> >>> I wouldn't say that. I'm using it right now (well, >>> SXCE b73 >>> technically) on bare hardware. I just happen to have >>> a whole drive >>> dedicated to it. >>> >>> Last check, it had partition management, just severe >>> limitations... >>> >> All I meant by that was: If it only installs onto existing solaris >> partitions and whole disks, that cuts out basically everyone in the linux >> and windows world... except for VM users, which is a pretty big and growing >> group. >> >> Existing solaris desktop users are a rounding error when compared to those >> large groups, so I left them out of the generalization. >> >> IMHO all an Indiana proof of concept needs to do is A) install itself and B) >> be able to update itself. If people can install Indiana October and then >> follow development all the way to conclusion just by updating the same >> distro every time with IPS, Mission Accomplished :) >> > > While that's an honorable goal, I think the main deliverable coming in > March of next year will meet that fully instead of the October one. I > could be wrong, but I don't think there's been enough progress made to > fully do what you suggest yet. > > The main deliverable is March of next year. October release is just a preview of Slim and Indiana. We are working on the partitioning aspects of SXDE as well and should have better support for the next SXDE release.
Regards, sarah ****
