[oi-dev] OI hipster text iso image

[Gary Mills]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 11:28:05AM +0200, Andreas Wacknitz wrote:
> The package freeze is necessary on the build server in order to protect
> it from illumos-gate problems.
> Otherwise the build server would be updated after each successful
> jenkins run. It is doing that for most non illumos-gate packages, though.
> I have created newer images on April 2nd, 2021 in order to check the new
> NVIDIA drivers with the live media today. If there is enough interest I
> could provide them on our
> download server.

I was told by the illumos developers that OI tracks illumos quite
closely.  Is this no longer the case?

illumos updates are normally a good thing.  illumos-gate problems are
quite rare, and are fixed quickly when they do occur.  I watch illumos
changes every day.  There are many of them.  All are needed.  All of
them fix problems or add features.

Freezes on illumos-gate are a bad thing in general.  We need all those
illumos updates, and need them in a timely manner.  Freezes over a
long period of time will cause trouble for OI because it may be
difficult and risky to get OI out of an illumos freeze.

Of course, a short-term freeze while the ISOs are being prepared is
understandable and is unlikely to cause a problem with OI.  Maybe that
is the way it's normally done.


-- 
-Gary Mills-		-refurb-		-Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-