[oi-dev] SPARC Text Installer

[Guido Berhoerster]

* MATTHEW WILBY <matthewwilby at btinternet.com> [2011-02-23 10:06]:
> Good Morning,
> 
> I've seen various people enquire about when we are going to release a SPARCiso.
> 
> What I'd like to propose is that we work towards preparing a dev text installer, 
> using Illumos and incorporating the the hard work done on g11n, and a recent 
> build of SFW etc. I think most people are using SPARC based servers as opposed 
> to workstations, so I suspect XNV/JDS can follow at a later date if there is 
> interest.
> 
> I believe it's important to get a *development* release out the door to allow 
> people to test on the SPARC platform to provide feedback, generate additional 
> interest and give people an alternative to Oracle tax.
> 
> I'm not suggesting this should be a stable release. I'm not sure what 
> consolidation versions should be used.
> 
> As I commented on IRC last night I'm willing to put in the effort to help get 
> this done, but will need some guidance along the way.
> 
> Bad idea or not, I'm hoping that this will get a conversation going as I believe 
> we need to make a decision about where we are going with the SPARC platform.....

Unfortunately you will still need to build "desktop"
consolidations such as JDS, which contain rather essential stuff
like Python.
-- 
Guido Berhoerster