On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 11:52 +0100, Guido Berhoerster wrote: > * Ken Gunderson <kgund...@teamcool.net> [2011-03-15 01:53]: > > I'm confused about whether what's being served up at: > > > > <http://openindiana.org/download/> > > > > is now Illumos based or still on ON?? > > That is still oi_148 based on the last available Oracle ONNV. > > > I caught that the 148a build was rekindled as 148 so as not to fubar up > > pkg-repo version numbers, and then subsequently at pkg repo > > > > <http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev-il/en/index.shtml> > > > > But if I want to point someone to dl Illumos based 148 what is the > > correct URL? > > The /dev-il repo is basically the above oi_148 with Oracle ONNV > replaced by Illumos. It is an experimental build and not intended > for general use, please keep that in mind when pointing people to > it. > > > Basically the post here: > > > > <http://openindiana.org/pipermail/oi-dev/2011-March/000273.html> > > > > and the terse "I'll move it" response has left me confused and some > > clarification would be appreciated. > > What is called "oi_148a" was a livecd image constructed from the > packages which are in the above /dev-il repo. It was distributed > as technology preview cd at SCALE and not intended for general > use, thus it should not have been placed on dlc.openindiana.org. > Since a number of fixes which went into the oi_148 image were > accidentally left out of the oi_148a image there are a number of > known bugs.
This was spun from what was once labeled oi-dev-148a-x86-20110223-1.iso, or something with further fixes? > Our next steps will likely be another respin of oi_148a for > internal usage where perl-584 is being replaced by perl-510. Plus the fixes that were accidentally left out of "oi-148a"? > After ironing out any potential problems we will deliver a new > public development release based on a snapshot of Illumos ON and > b151a for the other consolidations. When this development build > has proven sufficiently stable and major bugs have been dealt > with we plan to make this our first stable release. That will be a happy day for many :) Are there any general timeline estimates? > We have an open development process so experimental repos and > images might be visible, please only use what has been publically > announced unless you know what you are doing. Thank you, Guido. The clarification is much appreciated. -- Ken Gunderson <kgund...@teamcool.net> _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
