On Wed, 8 Oct 2008, Tim Cramer wrote: > 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).
Yay :) > 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 Blade 1000/1500/2000/2500 (sun4u-us3?). We have some customers using SunFire 240/245, Ultra 25/45. > 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 No need for live cd. > 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)? > We do our own graphics for these platforms, so none needed other than the standard X11 libs/infrastructure/window managers, etc. No xserver required. > 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. See above :) What 'new' sparc-based workstations are (or will be) available these days? > > Thanks for any feedback, we're taking this very seriously. > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > -- Happy cheese in fear | Jon Trulson against oppressor, rebel! | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brocolli, hostage. -Unknown | #include <std/disclaimer.h> _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
