On Wed, 23 May 2007, Calum Benson wrote: > > On 23 May 2007, at 14:35, Mark Wolfe wrote: > >> Are there any plans to offer anything other than what is essentially beta's >> for this version of solaris? with updates?
Hi Mark, As Calum mentions, the gap you point out here is being addressed by the new Indiana project. But in the meantime, I'd suggest checking out the community-developed BeleniX distro. It's concrete, mature, has a roadmap, and as far as I can tell has almost exactly the same design and user-experience goals as Indiana. For example, along with its unique features, it also aims to maintain close similarity and compatibility with Solaris Express. Here's the latest release announcement: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-bosug/2007-May/002074.html And regarding your "with updates?" question, see these posts about plans to integrate the JDS team's pkgbuild system: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-bosug/2007-May/002046.html http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-bosug/2007-May/002047.html Eric > > Don't know about support levels, but more manageable updates might be the > sort of thing that's on the cards for Project Indiana (the binary OpenSolaris > distribution that Sun announced last week). However, there is no ETA for > that right now, or even a clear definition of exactly what it's going to be, > as it will doubtless be somewhat guided by community input. > > Cheeri, > Calum. > > -- > CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland > mailto:calum.benson at sun.com Java Desktop System Team > http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 > > Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
