All,
We're beginning work on getting a SPARC version of the OpenSolaris
distro from Sun. This version will target Q1 of CY '09 (hopefully early
Q1).
Although when doing a port much of this code will simply work on a
number of SPARC hardware configs, we're going to make sure we focus on a
couple (1 or 2) configurations/architectures as we get our first cut
ready (and we'll expand/test on more configs over time).
The 2 questions I have:
1. As a developer, which SPARC configuration would you be able/willing
to utilize for creating applications? Do you have old SPARC machines
that you would repurpose for this? Or would you prefer to target some
of the later offerings? Would the non-existence of a liveCD hamper you
(i.e. what if we could only use the automated installer to install the
bits)? Do you absolutely need graphics capability (i.e. do you need a
desktop environment or would just using compilers be ok for the first cut)?
2. As a deployer, which SPARC configuration would you believe we could
target for applications/packages in the repository? Mostly looking for
old vs. new machine question above.
Thanks for any feedback, we're taking this very seriously.
Tim
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