On 10/8/08, Tim Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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). > 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?
As a student the only affordable machine is a Sun Ultra 10, 512MB, Creator 3D from ebay.de. Or support cross compile of ON on x86 for SPARC. University Frankfurt is a very large university but finding a fast SPARC to conduct ON development is impossible, even here >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)? Yes, this would hamper me > 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)? Yes, I need the graphics capability to run KDE (or GNOME if no KDE is installed) > 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. Sun Ultra 10 with 512MB, Creator 3D Jenny -- Jennifer Pioch, Uni Frankfurt _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
