<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58493"><span>The current analogy is:</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58495"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58497"><span>1. Solaris 10/11 - production</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58792">2. OpenIndiana - development/testing (but CAN be used in 24/7 production)</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499">Hipster snapshots, the latest versions, work reliably on specific hardware and when using specific applications.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499">As for the small developer support, much of what was needed is done. The major needs are usually listed in the Wiki and bug reports. Most of the FOSS apps that run on Solaris can run on OpenIndiana in a 24/7 stable condition (I have both CAD/CAM and FlightGear simulators that ran reliable for months on OpenIndiana (hipster)).</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499">But the misconception of OpenIndiana stems from people supporting the desktop model versus server model - and the external indirect development community within most third-party IHV/ISVs.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499">Historically, the Schillix/Milax/Tribblix/OpenSXCE/Korona (aka Martux) distros were 1-2 staffed crews. About 89% of the non-major Linux distros have no more than 2-5 'developers' at the helm. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499">The key misconception is understanding that now that we have a core distro - other distro makers are launching</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499">their own 'spins' with their own support dev teams (but with a rebranded distro name).</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499">So from one river, many oceans.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499">~ Ken</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418829747251_58499"><br></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Friday, December 12, 2014 6:42 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">On Sat, 13 Dec 2014, Alexander Pyhalov wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> OI Hipster change log can be found here:<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/oi_hipster" target="_blank">http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/oi_hipster</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">I think that this looks impressive. The main issue (feature-wise) <br clear="none">seems to be the loss of SFE binary packages, and that SFE packages are <br clear="none">not yet ready for GCC (mostly a build-options problem).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">There has recently been some minor discussion of OI Hipster on the SFE <br clear="none">development list.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Bob<br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Bob Friesenhahn<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us" href="mailto:bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us">bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us</a>, <a shape="rect" href="http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/" target="_blank">http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/</a><br clear="none">GraphicsMagick Maintainer, <a shape="rect" href="http://www.graphicsmagick.org/" target="_blank">http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/</a><div class="yqt5405677918" id="yqtfd98321"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">oi-dev mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oi-dev@openindiana.org" href="mailto:oi-dev@openindiana.org">oi-dev@openindiana.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev" target="_blank">http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>