Dave Miner wrote: > 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. > > Nothing is planned for SXCE -> OpenSolaris. There are several blog > entries where some have noted the process they used in transitioning; > most involve using zfs send streams to save off your home directory > and other data, then restoring them after the installation. > > Dave >
I was afraid there would be no upgrade path. When I first started with SXCE I remember it stated. Looks like I'll just save my .gnome*, .gconfd, .gconf directories to a memory stick. Going from Gnome 2.26 to 2.26 shouldn't hopefully cause any problems. Then I'll go over the list of installed software and compare for re-installment. It wouldn't hurt if someone designed a script for help (saving desktop entries and numerous config files changed, similar to an upgrade). For Opensolaris installs, have they added an option for compression? Paul
