On Jun 24, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Adam Cheal wrote: > Can we realistically expect to see the 117 build in /dev by the end > of this week, given that 116 caused issues? We've been waiting for > anything b114 and up for almost a month now and everyone keeps > saying "soon". There are known critical CIFS bugs that were fixed in > b114 (and later) that we cannot get updates for. If not, as > alternatives:
It is regrettable that you have experienced these problems, but issues with newer builds themselves and timing and resource constraints have prevented the release of newer builds before now. At this time, we do not yet know if build 117 will be available this week as it is still being tested. > 1. Is there a way to find out if the support repositories have fixes > for the CIFS issues or even a general list of fixes available there? > The only link I could find (without actually logging in with a key/ > cert) only showed update bundles for 2008.11. I don't currently have > a support contract for OpenSolaris, but if this meant getting these > fixes faster it would be a selling point for me. My belief is that development releases (which will by nature contain fixes) will generally happen faster than supported releases because supported releases require a backport of fixes, go through a far more rigorous testing and evaluation process, and as a result will take longer to deliver. However, the specifics of when fixes will be available to you is likely dependent upon the terms of your support contract. The tradeoff is that with development releases, you may also encounter issues that you would not with supported releases. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
