On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Bonnie Corwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> I talked to the PM from the Sun Download Center today and they > >> understand that the lack of wget access is a major issue. > >> > > > > Thanks for looking into this. It is, at least for me, a total show stopper > > and ever since the migration to the new SDLC I have not bothered to update > > any test systems in the racks here. There simply is way too high a barrier > > to entry to even bother and I don't have time to mess around with a double > > throughput of download to a workstation and then upload to a jumpstart > > server and then start work. Even the Java based download tool won't work > > over an exported SSH session ... so I just gave up. > > > > Since we are talking about the Solaris Express "Community" Edition here why > > not just stick the ISO onto OpenSolaris.org somewhere ? > > This is not an option. The Solaris Express releases (both Developer and > Community) are available under a license that does not allow > re-distribution. Therefore, we can not post on opensolaris.org.
Permission [or lack of thereof] to redistribute materials and posting via opensolaris.org are very different things, IMO. It seems to be a common misbelief that posting something under opensolaris.org automagically allows for re-distributing it. I see no reason for making access to the SXCE images - the only distribution that is qualified today to build the foundation (OS/Net) - harder and harder with each new iteration of SDLC. Heck, even bittorrent can be used here if tracker will require registration - very same way that SDLC works/used to work. -- Regards, Cyril _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
