On 2/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Are the engineering benefits got out of abandoning CD-ROMS greater than
>the loss of a few (?) developers, students and users ?
This is something we need to discuss; and what alternatives there might
be.....
Driving upward the installer footprint, requiring "live" upgrade and
other current plans run, I think, contrary to the goal of increasing the
developer base.
Question we can ask ourselves as community are:
- Can OpenSolaris distributions fill the "low-end" void?
from the opensolaris web page: "To build OpenSolaris from the source,
you first need to install a suitable OpenSolaris distribution, which
at this time is limited to the Solaris Express Community Release
(above)."wouldn't removing the cd image mean the "low end" developers
would be unable to contribute code? ( they would be unable to test it)
- Would a single CD installer image which can point to an (Internet)
based server fill the need of the "DVD have-nots"?
you mean something like what debian does? yes, please!
- Is live upgrade really something we should force?
- If the latter, is "live fresh install" ability then a requirement?
What is required of Sun in this space? What can the community do?
i think having the posibility to build opensolaris using other
opensolaris distributions and documentation to do that proplerly would
be a good start
nacho
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