Hello, On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 03:38:03PM +1200, Glynn Foster wrote: > I somewhat disagree, and I think the frustration you have is partly due to the > technical limitations of the upgrade process that you've experienced. While I > respect your opinion for wanting a slower moving release, others would > probably > disagree. I for one would love to see the latest desktop advances. That's not > to > say either of us is wrong to want that, more like some thought needed to > figure > out how to handle the various preferences of our userbase.
Not to be rude, but Sun won't invent a process to fly from New York to Paris without having to go over the Atlantic/Pacific ocean. That said, you will always have to go trought each release in the update process, unless you have a 'multi-backward-version-update-aware' packaging system, which is going to be a mess since it breaks the universal rule: Keep it simple. Debian has the concept of different repository branch (stable,testing,unstable). If you prefer a bleeding edge system then chose testing or unstable. You could base your packaging system on the same concept: unstable and testing are fast moving, while stable is based on the testing release that has been tested by a user base. Also, I would like to know if users are more interested in OpenSolaris has desktop or server use? Nexenta devs are currently focusing their work on a server release, because they've realized that users wanted a server distribution. I can't answer this question since I did not follow the community since it's beginning. > I think almost everyone would agree with their approach to wanting a well > integrated piece of software, regardless of the packaging formats. I'll be actively following the list. Focus on this point, this is really important especially agaisn't other Linux which have solved this problem 4-5 (if more) years ago. > True, but if there are millions of people all changing their default, then > does > that mean the default is incorrectly chosen for the majority of people? I only wanted to emphasis that theses are minors details. > How would you do it on another platform? apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade Depending on what softwares you updated, you may have to recompile manually compiled softwares due to glibc upgrade. I assume this shouldn't be a problem on Solaris since you shouldn't break libc API. If the upgrades goes well, it can takes between 30 minutes to 1 hour. > polished distribution that is easy to install, easy > to manage, and works well for everyone, then I'll be pleased. That's exactly what I'm looking for, not a 1-1 copy of Debian. -- Francois Saint-Jacques http://www.networkdump.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
