Hey Anil, that's g r e a t! Fetching it now ....
Thank you all Nexenta and StormOS coders for making OpenSolaris.org such a vibrant nice place :)) Cheers -- %martin On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Anil Gulecha <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The Nexenta team would like to announce the immediate availability of > the Nexenta Core Platform 2 release. > > Go on to http://www.nexenta.org, and let Nexentaman walk you through > what Nexenta provides. > > ---------------------- > Release Highlights: > ---------------------- > * OpenSolaris build 104+ based with critical patches. > * Over 13000 packages in the repository, thanks to the autobuilder. > * Smooth upgrade path from NCP1. > * Community driven efforts bringing xorg, xfce4 and gnome-core into > the repository > * Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) repository > * This includes latest dpkg/apt, gcc, binutils, coreutils, > perl, python, ruby, Qt libs, GTK libs, etc > * SMF support added for server applications like apache, mysql, > postgresql, exim4, etc. > * 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use. > * Includes Vim and screen by default. > * Addition of latest devzone version to the CD. > * Includes apt-clone which brings zfs power to apt-get. > > ------------------------ > Acknowledgement > ------------------------ > > NCP2 would not be possible without the tireless and dedicated efforts > of it's community members. > > The Nexenta project would like to thank: > > The Folks on IRC: who've made #nexenta the helpful and supportive channel it > is. > > Tim Spriggs, author of the autobuilder and devzone, leader of the NCP > project, who maintained and ported hundreds of packages and help > provided to users, new and old, on IRC. The 13000 packages in our > repository were made possible by the Autobuilder. > > Anil Gulecha, leader of NCP project and IRC lurker, who maintained > dozens of packages, the website, and helps collaboration on the distribution. > > Erast Benson, maintainer of the opensolaris packages, and various > server packages, who ensured NCP has a stable foundation to build on. > > David Bartley , who ported dozens of packages, and many of the desktop > ones, and for his help on IRC. > > Jason Upton, who provided resources and maintained autobuilder nodes, > and ported dozens of packages, especially the Xfce ones. > > Andy Stormont, who is the developer of StormOS, and Xfce derivative of NCP2. > > Also Alastair McKinstry, Andy Armstrong, Anibal Monsalve Salazar, > David Goodlad, David Hoeppner, Jeremy Berge, Justin T, Ken Mays, Mac, > Mario Lorenz, Masahiro Kitagawa,Matthias Klose, Michael Dodwell, Per Lundberg, > Phillip Steinbachs, Ronald Kasl, Shivakumar GN, Stephan Seitz, Vladimir V. > Ostapenko , for porting and maintaining various packages, large and > small, and fixing issues when they popped up. > > Last, but not the least, the bloggers, twieeters, and general well > wishers, who helped spread the word of Nexenta. > ------------------------ > > So, what are you waiting for? Head over to the site, and test drive NCP2. > > Homepage: http://www.nexenta.org > Download: http://www.nexenta.org/Download > > Cheers, > The Nexenta Team > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
