[oi-dev] Post 151 development

Marion Hakanson hakansom at ohsu.edu
Thu Sep 13 19:27:13 UTC 2012


maybird1776 at yahoo.com said:
> 1. Is the latest JDS build something wanted by OI users and developers?
> 
> This was one of the issues brought up, yet are we looking for a build of the
> most latest bits? This was done a few months ago for a build kit ISO  so the
> work can transfer over.
> 
> This way oi developers and users can test and review the latest JDS build and
> msy help redolve some issues in modernization of the distro as mentioned
> elsewhere. 

Hi Ken,

I'd be interested.  I'm one of those dinosaurs still using OI on the
desktop, and while my demands are modest, I do like having an environment
available which is at least modern enough to accomplish my daily tasks.
And, while work demands leave my no time for outside coding, I do have two
x86/x64 machines on which I'm willing and able to test out new bits.

Since I do use these machines pretty much every day (at work and at home),
I need to keep them useable, so I could only commit to testing bits that are
in a LiveDVD/LiveUSB image, or (even better) in an IPS repository or other
package format which I can "pkg install" onto a separate BE for testing.
Actually, even a tarball-type package would be testable on a separate BE.

So, better take advantage of the above before I've given up and saved
enough to buy myself a Mac like the other members of my family....

Regards,

Marion






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