> Binary downloads for JDS Vermillion build 40 are now > available from: > http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/current/ > Spec files used in the build are also available. > > This build is based on GNOME 2.14.1. > > Changes between build 39 and 40 > ============================= > - Bump some more tarballs to 2.14.1 release level. > - Firefox revered to 1.5 as this is the version > approved for integration into Nevada.
Hi, Some questions here, is this 1.5 exactly version 1.5 or the latest release available in the 1.5 series (which is 1.5.0.3, currently) Since 1.5 is known to have security holes and obseleted by mozilla.org with newer releases. Why put it into nevada, which is going to become a official release at least months later? A general problem with distribution with many F/OSS built-in is the response time for an organization to catch up with community release. Since usually F/OSS community developement model does not patch older releases but instead a new version (even only advancement in micro version number) is released to fix the problem. Ability to be in sync with community release will be essential in this case. My $0.02 :) Ivan. > - Improvements to DBus. Very close to being fully > functionality. > - Rhythmbox has been removed. > - planner (SUNWgnome-project) has been removed. > > Known issues > =========== > - sound-juicer requires HAL to work but HAL has not > been integrated into Solaris. > - gnome-sound-recorder fails to start. This message posted from opensolaris.org
