Wang, Frank writes: > >From application(database, middleware, etc.)'s perspective, do Solaris10 > and OpenSolaris (Nevada or Indiana in future) provide the same > interface/compatiblity? That is say if an application is certificed in > Solaris10, does it mean it can also run smoothly on OpenSolaris > automatically? If not, what kind of compatibility (between Solaris10 and > Nevada/Indiana) can end user expect? Any info on this topic will be > welcome.
I don't think there's any clean and simple answer to this question. First of all, OpenSolaris is just a code base. There are several distributions based on it, and they're all different. Some are closely compatible with Solaris 10, but others are radically different, so you do have to specify a distribution. I'll assume you mean the "Solaris Express" distribution. The current release under development, Nevada, is being run as a Minor release, which means that if we were to somehow cut a release of Solaris from it today, it'd have to be something like "Solaris 11" (or some marketing terms to that effect). In the past, we've always guaranteed upward compatibility of applications, so that you can run your old binaries on new systems with a guarantee that it'll work right. I'd normally expect such a release to be given the same guarantee, but that's a business and marketing decision, not technical. However, Nevada is a moving target. From build to build, there are incompatible changes. It's not complete, and there's no such compatibility guarantee offered (if there were, it'd probably have to be reoffered every two weeks). So, I think the right answer is that we're engineering changes into Nevada that meet the goals you're asking about, but that you're looking at a snapshot in time of that work, and may not necessarily see what you're expecting. Or for a shorter answer: "yes." -- 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 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
