Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 01/18/17 08:58 PM, Fred Liu wrote: Will they still sell data machine, fishwork storage? Yes - those systems have their own roadmap, separate from the SPARC & Solaris roadmap. (But we're really getting off-topic here for the OpenIndiana mailing list.) -alan-

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Fred Liu
Will they still sell data machine, fishwork storage? > -Original Message- > From: Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss > [mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org] > Sent: 星期四, 一月 19, 2017 3:53 > To: Discussion List for OpenIndiana > Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 01/18/17 12:33 PM, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: Really? 2034 still seems so far away now... http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-hardware-301321.pdf (pg. 37) Well I do not see anything about Solaris 12 on page 37. The support life document doesn't say anything about

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Cedric Blancher
posix_spawn() syscall, preferably one which can handle primary gid changes and a envp in one go? /proc-independent fexecve() with syscall compatibility to Solaris 11.3/4? Ced On 18 January 2017 at 22:18, John D Groenveld wrote: > In message

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread John D Groenveld
In message <806720542.5577156.1484771607...@mail.yahoo.com>, Apostolos Syropoul os via openindiana-discuss writes: >So one can conclude there will be no Solaris 12 release. >Personally, I would like to see this but I am not sure it > >will happen. Were there any planned S12 features, presumably

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Peter Tribble
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss wrote: > > Why "The End is near"? Sounds the SPARC platform will be continued > > beyond 2020, right? > > Obviously I do not care about SPARC machines... But I see no Solaris 12...

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss
> Really? 2034 still seems so far away now... > > http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-hardware-301321.pdf > (pg. 37) > Well I do not see anything about Solaris 12 on page 37. So one can conclude there will be no Solaris 12 release. Personally, I would like to see this

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Jerry Kemp
It may or may not be. But, it list Solaris-next from 2017 out. I remember going to Oracle briefings, and they did the same stupid thing in 2011. They were calling the next release Solaris next, like there might be some better name other than Solaris 11. You may or may not be right, I have

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 01/18/17 12:13 PM, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss wrote: Why "The End is near"? Sounds the SPARC platform will be continued beyond 2020, right? Obviously I do not care about SPARC machines... But I see no Solaris 12... It seems that Solaris 11.4 will be the last release of

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 01/18/17 11:52 AM, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss wrote: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/servers/sparc/oracle-sparc/sparc-roadmap-slide-2076743.pdf Really? 2034 still seems so far away now...

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-18 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss
> Why "The End is near"? Sounds the SPARC platform will be continued > beyond 2020, right? Obviously I do not care about SPARC machines... But I see no Solaris 12... It seems that Solaris 11.4 will be the last release of Solaris. A.S. -- Apostolos Syropoulos Xanthi, Greece

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Before installing Mate

2017-01-18 Thread John D Groenveld
In message <5de47e96-a1c8-c3f4-af58-f7ae47c4a...@willows7.myzen.co.uk>, russell writes: >If I wanted to remove Gnome before installing Mate, could I switch to >run level 2 with an "init 2" and then execute pkg uninstall below before >completing the pkg install for mate? > >pkg uninstall \ #

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Before installing Mate

2017-01-18 Thread russell
Hi, If I wanted to remove Gnome before installing Mate, could I switch to run level 2 with an "init 2" and then execute pkg uninstall below before completing the pkg install for mate? pkg uninstall \ consolidation/gnome/gnome-incorporation \