[oi-dev] hipster

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 30 May 2013, G B wrote:

> I don't know where you get that SmartOS is for light loads and OI is for heavy loads, but on OI I can run DB2
> while I can't on SmartOS because of a SUNW error.

I did not use the term 'loads'.  By light vs heavy I am talking about 
the size of the OS install footprint.

OmniOS also offers a smaller OS footprint.

Bob

> 
> 
> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us>
> To: OpenIndiana Developer mailing list <oi-dev at openindiana.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 8:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [oi-dev] hipster
> 
> On Thu, 30 May 2013, G B wrote:
> 
> > I apologize for not following the 'hipster' thread more closely, but is 'hipster' intended to be 151a8,
> > meaning that doing a standard `pkg image-update` from the default publisher will never get bumped to 151a8
> or
> > future releases?
> >  
> > I did try once to update with hipster and has error/warnings galore scroll past and then failed to update. 
> > Is that going to be fixed?  I applaud the efforts of those working on it, but with OI already on life
> > support, hurdles in the road like this will only frustrate users more and cause them to abandon it
> > altogether. 
> 
> Maybe you should follow that thread more closely.  After initial
> reports of failures now there are many reports of complete success.
> It is an on-going process.
> 
> Otherwise, I am also curious to see if 'hipster' becomes the next
> formal 151a8 and perhaps leading to an official OI release.
> 
> > At first I thought there was hope with hipster, but then had those errors and have mostly decided at this
> > point to use SmartOS for my web/mail servers.  Although last night when I logged into 151a7 and did a
> little
> > work I had a thought that perhaps I should just stay on OI because I like it, but then logged onto my
> SmartOS
> > machine and wondered why should I keep using or wanting ot use OI?
> 
> If all you need is web and mail, then almost any distribution will do.
> 
> SmartOS and OI target completely different usage models (light/heavy),
> although OI can support most functionalities offered by SmartOS.
> 
> Bob
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