On 23/05/07, Mark Wolfe <mark.wolfe at hsd.com.au> wrote: > ahh > > I have been using Solaris Express Developer Edition for a couple of weeks now > and i have noticed some serious issues. We were planning on testing this > version out possibly for rollout to some java developers but without any > update method other than reinstall it will be hard to sell it for > production/development use... > > The issues we are experiancing are related to printing and javavm, I have > located the bugs that affect us and they have been fixed in later builds... > > Are there any plans to offer anything other than what is essentially beta's > for this version of solaris? with updates? >
The express versions aren't intended for production according to Sun's website. Also, reinstall is not the only way to update. You have liveupgrade, flash archives, etc. You could manage the upgrades by using flash archives for your developers and the appropriate deployment system when new builds are released of Solaris Express. There is no supported update system in place though for the Express versions, and I suspect there may never be given that would mean Sun would be giving away free support, bandwidth, etc. However, that could change, but if it does, it won't be for a long time. -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
