[OpenIndiana-discuss] Proposal: OpenIndiana Stable Branch

[Gabriel de la Cruz]

Thanks!
A place to start is a place to start, and an stable server release is
the most urgent one among all the other options.

Some people is talking about the server-desktop question, I
particularly liked the old Solaris software groups concept (reduced
network, core, end user, entire)... woulnt it be posible to have a non
stable distro featuring the full range of up to date software, and a
stable conservative one (behind in innovation but ahead in stability)
allowing to either just keep the fully suported core of software or to
add as well a less supported desktop enviroment?. Wouldnt this be
almost same effort, example:

release period 1
- oi_148 unstable:
full set of up to date programs, server + desktop, all unstable

release period 2
- oi_149 unstable:
full set of up to date programs, server + desktop, all unstable
- 2011.02 stable:
oi_148 stable server core + oi_148 unstable optional desktop software group

release period 3
oi_150 unstable
full set of up to date programs, server + desktop, all unstable
2011.09 stable
oi_149 stable server core + oi_149 unstable optional desktop software group

... and so on

probably what I say is either too stupid or just too ovious, I was
just thinking on a way to have a non critical desktop land compatible
with the fully stable server release on the same installation disk...
even if both of them are delayed in time in relation to the unstable
new release.

Cheers


On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Gary Gendel <gary at genashor.com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Kudos for the great discussion going on here.  This is exactly the right
> discussion to get things moving forward.  As for the "You should include
> xxxx", this can go on forever and facture the community.  As for choice of
> MTA, everyone has their own favorite (mine happens to be a spamdyke/qmail
> variant).  Rather than go down the black-hole of "which is better", I
> suggest that OI picks one and the community supports packaging their
> favorite replacements.
>
> Core means different things to different people, for example...  Server
> installations would probably want mail, web, etc. service packages, but a
> desktop installation wouldn't really need this at all.  One one platform I
> removed mail services entirely but then there can be no report from a cron
> error, etc.  I was successful at replacing it with nullmail, but that would
> be a setup nightmare for most users, and is too insecure to be a viable
> replacement.
>
> I only mention this because the installer should know the target use of the
> machine so it knows what "core" really is.  Few will be happy at everything
> on a community requested list.
>
> Gary
>
>
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