Paul Gress wrote: > Dave Miner wrote: >> Ross Smith wrote: >>> In that case, do you mind if I ask what sxce is for? Is it something >>> that's going to gradually be retired? >>> >> >> A fair question that we had hoped to communicate about already, look >> for announcements about this to come out soon. Yes, SXCE will be >> retired before long. Its only current purpose from Sun's perspective >> is that our test infrastructure is still converting to use the >> OpenSolaris technologies, so our automated testing is still largely >> conducted using SXCE. >> > > > Will there be an upgrade path from SXCE to Opensolaris? I really do not > not want to reinstall all applications and setup my desktop again. > Also, if there is an upgrade path, will it keep the added binary > libraries such as Motif, as I have an application that requires it.
The motif runtime libraries are available for OpenSolaris now as 'SUNWmfrun'. At this time, there isn't a direct upgrade path from SXCE -> OpenSolaris 2009.x. I don't know if someone is working on that yet or if it is even viable. Out of necessity, the OpenSolaris distribution does not include some software that SXCE does because it is not redistributable. Though a lot of that is available, if you register at: https://pkg.sun.com/register/ ...and add the 'extras' publisher/repository to your system. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
