Thanks for that explanation. Seems like it will be a little while then, by the sounds of it, until the two flavours are become one.
> Aren't we all? ;-} Glad it wasn't just me :) 2008/11/24 James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Simon Breden writes: > > BTW, what is the purpose now of making SXCE Nevada releases still if > Indiana > > (2008.05 / 2008.11) aka OpenSolaris seems to be the default/preferred(?) > > offering now? > > There are at least two purposes: > > - SXCE is still the only supported platform for building (at least) > the ON consolidation. It's reportedly possible to build ON on > OpenSolaris, but it requires grabbing some SysV packages from > Nevada, and the process is just not supported. > > - The tools used in OpenSolaris (notably IPS) are not yet done, and > not yet integrated. It's a little hard to throw that last switch > before that happens. > > Internally, we still build Nevada, and all (or at least most) of the > WOS construction process is still in place for it. Every two weeks, > the consolidations (such as OS/Net -- ON) do a build and produce > standard System V packages as a result. These get integrated into the > WOS, which produces the bootable DVD images. That's what gets > released as SXCE. > > The Indiana team grabs most of the packages from the Nevada process > (minus non-redistributable ones), does some tweaking (because they > have local, unintegrated changes), and then converts them to IPS > format. That's what gets released as the OpenSolaris distribution. > > At some point in the future, the extra integration process into Nevada > (and Nevada/SXCE itself) should go away. For that to happen, > OpenSolaris will have to become the supported platform for building, > which in turn depends on doing "something" about those > non-redistributable packages, and the Indiana-specific changes will > need to be reviewed and integrated as usual. > > > I must admit to being a little confused :) > > Aren't we all? ;-} > > -- > James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 > MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 >
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