[OpenIndiana-discuss] Testing updates from /dev to /hipster-2015 and /hipster

[Nikola M]

On 05/ 5/16 07:56 PM, Tim Mooney wrote:
>
> Can you point out the email message in the archives or elsewhere that
> the /dev-to-/hipster process is documented?

It is not documented because it requires from you and everyone else 
reading this, to start testing updating from /dev to /hipster-2015 (or 
/hipster) and report problems and possible bugs.
Do you think about this alp's aanouncement?:
http://openindiana.org/pipermail/oi-dev/2015-October/003823.html
There are commands like beadm create and beadm activate to manipulate 
your Boot environments so your all your previous installs are there to 
boot again.

We need some info on how things are doing with update for you so things 
can possibly be changed and say if it can be done smoothly.
We are lucky we actually have freezed hipster-2015 and 201604 snapshot 
after it to test updating from /dev.

Idea with it is that if it works, other parts needed are done, /dev can 
continue updating following hipster in much more frequent way.
And after that, before making new snapshots that can end up in /dev from 
hipster, after some testing is done, hipster could be moving ahead from 
one snapshot to another , making it sure upgrade process is smooth - and 
that also needs testing.

Running OI hipster on laptop/desktop and updating has a value of 
catching up and repairing things faster, as they appear, so that when it 
lands in /dev it has less trivial bugs, and bug reports are filled with 
more important things to wider audience.
/dev has to accept moving forward with /hipster snapshots (if you ask me 
that should happen 2 years ago) and Hipster got to  accept moving 
forward based on ditching things (if any) not suitable for landing in 
/dev, and moving onward from that every time, to make sure updates are 
smooth. (and /dev don't diverge).

Final result at the end of the year would be to coincide together new 
/dev release and Hipster snapshot into OI's /release so up to that time 
there will be a willing team of people to maintain it for a supported 
period.