[oi-dev] OI 'hipster' reboot effort

[David Höppner]

no.

Discussion was about discontinuing the 32-bit kernel and to enable
64-bit usr/src/cmd.
Userland will be 32- and 64-bit. Upstream oracle builds 32- and 64-bit
libraries, while
standalone programs are converted to 64-bit only.

-- David

On 18 May 2013 07:13, Branden Harper <bharper at chaosweb.us> wrote:
> Along those lines: there was some discussion about discontinuing 32 bit
> support in OI.   Is this project planning to move to 64 bit only?
>
> On May 17, 2013 10:12 PM, "Colin Ellis" <panamayacht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Andrej,
>>
>> is there a bug tracker for this branch and a list of required package
>> updates somewhere?  I'd like to prioritize my efforts in line with what
>> others need.
>>
>> Also what compilers are used on this new hipster release?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Andrzej Szeszo <aszeszo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> Seeing that the project is slowing down a bit, I have decided that I
>>> will try to help it get some momentum back.
>>>
>>> Firstly, if you rely on stable OI releases, Jon Tibble will carry on
>>> producing traditional releases and they will be made available in the
>>> /dev repo and as installable ISO/USB images. OI 151a8 should be out
>>> real soon now.
>>>
>>> /dev releases follow traditional Sun/Oracle releng process, which is
>>> very time consuming. Mainly for that reason it may take a very long
>>> time before any build system update will be reflected in the package
>>> repository.
>>>
>>> OI 'hipster' is trying to change the process by switching to a rolling
>>> release model.
>>>
>>> There is single top-level build repo on Github:
>>> https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland. If you want to change
>>> something or add new packages - simply send a pull request.
>>>
>>> Changes to the build repo are automatically picked up by Jenkins
>>> instance, packages are built and then published to the
>>> http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster repo. It is all set up and working
>>> now.
>>>
>>> http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster repo currently consists of /dev
>>> contents + JT's /dev-test OI 151a8 bits + Milan Jurik's JDS work +
>>> Jenkins built packages.
>>>
>>> The plan is to improve what's out there incrementally. Eventually it
>>> should be possible to build complete OS from the Github repo.
>>>
>>> To use /hipster repo, install OI 151a7 and run (as root):
>>>
>>> pkg set-publisher -O http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster openindiana.org
>>> pkg update -v
>>>
>>> Few people started submitting changes already. Thanks for that! If you
>>> have something to be added or changed in the repo, simply send us pull
>>> request.
>>>
>>> Couple useful links:
>>> Jenkins dashboard: http://hipster.openindiana.org:8080/
>>> Component build logs: http://hipster.openindiana.org/i386/logs/
>>>
>>> Andrzej
>>>
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