[OpenIndiana-discuss] Fwd: OpenIndiana release with NFSv4.1 nfsd support?

[Cedric Blancher]

On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 at 23:47, Andreas Wacknitz via openindiana-discuss
<openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:
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> Am 11.01.25 um 23:25 schrieb Dan Shelton:
> > Forwarding
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> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Dan Shelton <dan.f.shelton at gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 at 23:11
> > Subject: OpenIndiana release with NFSv4.1 nfsd support?
> > To: illumos-dev <developer at lists.illumos.org>
> >
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > Will there be an OpenIndiana release with NFSv4.1 server support anytime soon?
> >
> > OpenIndiana Hipster 2024.04 is a bit old, and an update with NFSv4.1
> > support would be appreciated.
> >
> > Dan
> > --
> > Dan Shelton - Cluster Specialist Win/Lin/Bsd
> >
> >
> The latest OI release is 2024.10, but you don't need to download the
> install media of this version if you already installed an older version
> because we have a rolling release model.
> This means with "pfexec pkg update" you will always get the latest
> available packages (as long as nothing blocks the update like eg. pkg
> freeze). Thus, you only need updated installation media for newly
> supported hardware.
> So, whatever will be merged into illumos-gate will be available in OI
> Hipster shortly after.

The "rolling release model, latest updates are newer than 2024.04, use
'pfexec pkg update' to update' should be on the DOWNLOAD page
preferably in blinking RED LETTERS.

Otherwise you violate the opensource rule of "release often", and
people just think the project is DEAD.

Maybe add the date of the latest updates.

Ced
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