Just a quick note to let you all know that today was my last day at Sun.
OpenSolaris has been an amazing experience -- you all have taught me so much
over the past two years (for those of you pilot members).
Bonnie Corwin will be taking over as the OpenSolaris manager.
Thanks!
Karyn
This m
Build 51 is being respun, so the build won't be available on
opensolaris.org by Friday (Nov. 3) as normally planned. The SX program
manager believes this will be available by Nov. 6 or 7.
Apologies for the inconvenience.
Thanks,
Karyn
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Due to a respin, SXCR build 48 will be available on Monday (9/25) rather
than Friday (9/22) as scheduled. Just wanted to give you all a heads up.
I'm sure Steve's deliveries of the onnv nightly snapshot is on schedule
for Tuesday (9/26).
Thanks,
Karyn
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Sean Sprague wrote:
Hey Karyn! Hope that you are very well, and not too snowed under.
I'm sorry I haven't sent a weekly update about source and binary
deliveries for several weeks. I know everything has been going smoothly,
so I hope there weren't any problems due to my lack of status.
Every
So development would continue to happen on Blastwave?
If so, what (if anything) will be in the project on opensolaris.org?
Thanks,
Karyn
Dennis Clarke wrote:
So, I assume that the code and discussions would be moved to
opensolaris.org once the project is approved and open on the site?
Here
So, I assume that the code and discussions would be moved to
opensolaris.org once the project is approved and open on the site?
Thanks,
Karyn
Dennis Clarke wrote:
From: "Dennis Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Formal Proposal : Port OpenSolaris to PowerPC
Date: Wed, July 26, 2006 14
I'm sorry I haven't sent a weekly update about source and binary
deliveries for several weeks. I know everything has been going smoothly,
so I hope there weren't any problems due to my lack of status.
I don't expect any delays in the upcoming onnv source and SXCR
deliveries next week and Friday r
y.
This should at least allow the user to know immediately if the
submission worked or not.
Derek
Valerie Anne Bubb wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Roland Mainz wrote:
Karyn Ritter wrote:
[snip]
... but this should not be neccesary. Loossing bug reports like
this is
one of the WORST po
I apologize... What is the issue exactly? Did you not receive
confirmations of emails that you filed? Did the server go out to lunch
mid-way through submitting the problem (and thus what you were entering
was lost)?
We definitely need to automate bug forwarding information: I know that
Linda
Bill Rushmore kindly volunteered to publish announcements during the
break (and he's already published a few announcements already today).
Thanks, Bill!
- Karyn
Karyn Ritter wrote:
I hope most people know this already, but just in case... Sun will once
again be shutting down i
I hope most people know this already, but just in case... Sun will once
again be shutting down its US operations next week (July 3-7).
The result is that many of the manual operations -- including publishing
of announcements and forwarding bugIDs -- the US-based portion of the
OpenSolaris team
I'm wondering if people in the Bay Area want together for drinks on the
anniversary (Wed., 6/14). I was thinking perhaps the Oasis Beer Garden
in Menlo Park ( http://www.yelp.com/biz/SaqyQPrK5Byv_wxfeHGYdg ).
Starting at 6pm for a couple of hours?
Hope to see you there!
- Karyn
P.S. This wil
Steve just delivered the nightly onnv source and SXCR Build 40 was made
available on Friday of last week. There currently aren't any issues with
next week's deliveries of onnv or SXCR Build 41.
I'm thinking that I will move these to status reports every two weeks
unless there is an issue to re
ks,
Karyn
Karyn Ritter wrote:
The nightly snapshot for onnv (onnv_20060522) has been delayed due to
some build issues. Steve hopes to get this out in the next couple of
days, and I am confident that there will be a delivery at some point
this week. My guess is with a different snapshot date. :)
B
The nightly snapshot for onnv (onnv_20060522) has been delayed due to
some build issues. Steve hopes to get this out in the next couple of
days, and I am confident that there will be a delivery at some point
this week. My guess is with a different snapshot date. :)
Build 40 of SXCR is on track
Steve just posted the source for onnv_40, and will also post a nightly
snapshot (20060515) tomorrow/Wed. Build 40 of SXCR is on track to
deliver on 5/26.
Thanks,
Karyn
Original Message
Subject: [osol-announce] ON build 40 available
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 09:15:14 -0700
From: S
Steve published a nightly snapshot of the onnv source today (
http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/current ).
SXCR Build 39 is on schedule to deliver Friday (5/12).
Thanks,
Karyn
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Sorry, but SXCR build 38 is not won't be made available today. I know
the team tried very hard to resolve a last-minute legal question, but
were unable to do it in time for the release today.
I don't have a definitive date for when 38 will be available, but it
should be on or before Wed. (5/3)
Sorry for the virtual cross-post...
The 1-year anniversary celebration is all about the great strides and
contributions the community has made over the past year. Start sending
out your ideas about what things the community can do to help celebrate
being open for a year. It's an opportunity fo
The next SXCR delivery (Build 38) is on schedule for 4/28, and Steve
will push out a nightly snapshot of onnv_39 in the next couple of days.
Apologies that I didn't send status last week. I hope there was no
inconvenience since SXCR 37 and the nightly onnv snapshot were just
delivered.
Thank
FYI -- I've updated this FAQ. You can check it out in its existing
location ( http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/general_faq/ ). We
can (obviously) still make changes, so just send mail to me and the list
if there is anything you want to see updated/added. I know that other
FAQs will be up
James Carlson wrote:
John Levon writes:
I really wish people would just remove themselves as RE when they're not doing
anything, I find it really annoying. I bet there's a number of bugs that
actually aren't getting fixed due to old RE entries.
There's no way to tell. The standing rule I've
Below are the diffs in a more readable format.
Apologies...
- Karyn
--- general_faq.txt ---
6c6
< [4] Why is Sun open sourcing the Solaris Operating System?
---
> [4] Why has Sun open sourced the Solaris Operating System?
11,13c11
< [8] What release of the Solaris sourc
till use a bit of work.
Thanks,
Karyn
Mike Gerdts wrote:
On 3/8/06, Karyn Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Would something like the table I've just created at
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/bug_reports/oss_bite_size/ help? I need to
Very nice view of what is out there.
Please
Attached is a text version of the General FAQ with my initial updates.
Until I see some more information on Martin Man's recommendation, I've
left those things off.
I've also attached the SCCS history file so that everyone can see what
changed.
Please let send me input by Monday (4/17) at 11
Steve will release a nightly sync with onnv_38 today/tomorrow.
SXCR build 37 (snv_37) is on schedule for release on 4/14.
Thanks,
Karyn
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Steve released onnv_37 today, and will also release a nightly sync with
onnv_38 today/tomorrow.
SXCR build 37 (snv_37) is on schedule for release on 4/14.
Thanks,
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SXCR is on track to be released on Friday (3/31).
Steve is working on a nightly sync up with onnv_37 that he will post in
the next day or so.
Thanks,
Karyn
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Several of us on the OpenSolaris engineering team are looking to update
FAQs. I've been assigned the General FAQ (
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/general_faq/ ), and I really
need all of your help. Questions that have come to my mind as I've
reviewed this document:
* Are these ques
but if people have suggestions for how we might implement that,
please provide details.
All of this is just an interim solution until we have better bug
searching capabilities. My hope is that some day (soon) you'll be able
to do a Keyword search of 'oss-bite-size' on b.o.o. an
As you know, SXCR build 35 was released on Friday (3/17). SXCR build 36
is on track for delivery on 3/31.
Steve will be pushing out a nightly snapshot of onnv_37 in the next
couple of days.
Thanks,
Karyn
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Jasse Jansson wrote:
On Mar 18, 2006, at 1:01 PM, ken mays wrote:
Solaris 03/06 is based on Nevada_b33.
Ref:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2183/6n4g726uc?a=view
Note:
- You need NV_b34 for JDS GNOME 2.14
- You need NV_b36 for the latest ZFS patches
sxcr-b35 has been available for a
Apologies that I wasn't able to do the update yesterday...
As you can see, a nightly sync with onnv_36 is now available.
The SXCR release of build 35 is on target for Friday (3/17).
Thanks,
Karyn
Original Message
Subject: [osol-announce] 20060313
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:38
I don't think we have a target date yet, but someone is working on it.
Basically, they've been testing, reporting bugs, testing bug fixes,
re-testing, etc.
I'm not sure how close we are, but I've cc'd the person working on the
testing for O/N in case he would like to comment.
Thanks,
Karyn
I'll figure out where to put the definitions. This the real status that
is in Bugster, so we need to document it anyway
Thanks,
Karyn
Bill Rushmore wrote:
On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Karyn Ritter wrote:
Would something like the table I've just created at
http://www.opensola
[Apologies if this has already been responded to... I'm catching up.]
The code for bugs.opensolaris.org (and bugs.sun.com) are not
sophisticated enough to be able to do this. The application we use
currently shares the same code base as bugs.sun.com. Because Suggested
Fix often contains code t
Bill,
Bill Rushmore wrote:
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Jim Grisanzio wrote:
* For those who are thinking about contributing code, what can we do to
help you get started? Would more oss-bite-size bugs help?
More oss-bite-size would be nice. I also have a couple of suggestions for
the bug list.
SXCR 34 was released yesterday (3/6), as scheduled.
Steve will release another nightly sync with onnv_35 today (3/7) or tomorrow
(3/8).
Hopefully you all noticed that the source for the packaging tools was also
released yesterday. See http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/ for all the
detail
SXCR, build 34 is still on track for delivery on 3/6, and Steve is going to
deliver a nightly sync of onnv_35 today/tomorrow.
- Karyn
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Steve will put out another nightly sync up with onnv_34 before the end of the
week. (Tomorrow?)
SXCR build 34 is on track for release on March 6.
That is all for this week...
- Karyn
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Build 33 of SXCR was posted yesterday:
http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b33-x86-SP-G-B&TransactionId=try
. Just a reminder that this is the Community Release, and not the fully tested
Solaris Express release.
FYI -- Derek's looking into why this
Ben,
Just so we make sure everyone is clear, I think you see this weekly roll up as
being fairly detailed/technical (e.g., "Bill Rushmore submitted an article
about installing OpenSolaris with VMware to the Content project this week.
Several people provided edits on the mailing list, and the ar
As if I'm ever in my office long enough for anyone to bug me. ;)
John raises a good point, though... Next time this happens, you guys can tell
everyone in MPK17 to come and bug me. I always wanted to recreate the TPS
report bit in Office Space in real life. As I walk down the hall, everyone can
Sure, I'll give that a try. I just need to remember to "pester" the right
people regularly.
- Karyn
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While I love the accolades, I didn't solve the problem at all. The team was
diligently working on making this available as quickly as possible (and earlier
than they would have normally), and it was just good timing on my part.
- Karyn
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Yep. SXCR build 33 will be released today.
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I agree with you all that this is a problem and that more information (and
earlier) is needed, and apologize for not providing information more quickly.
As others have pointed out, Solaris Express is a completely separate team. I do
get information before many people, but don't usually get it im
Give the man a kewpie doll!
Apologies -- I really did mean to send mail out proactively about this, but it
got away from me.
I just heard back from the person who manages Solaris Express, and build 31a
should be available by Tuesday. No word yet on when the others will be
available.
Thanks,
I agree with others in the thread that we should take Jonathan's comments with
a grain of salt.
GPLv3 is not yet finalized. As such, no one knows what it will or will not
allow, whether or not Solars/OpenSolaris could be dual licensed with it, or
whether or not Linux is going to switch to it.
I believe Chandan gave some assistance, but Steve did all the engineering on
this one.
Thanks Steve!
- Karyn
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I realized my message may not have been very clear: the link to Solaris Express
- Community Release has been updated on the OpenSolaris downloads page (
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/ ). This site is the only place that
links directly to Solaris Express - Community Release.
You shoul
The links on the download page have been updated to Build 30 of Solaris Express
- Community Release. Build 31 should be available soon, as well.
Thanks,
Karyn
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People with the appropriate administrative permissions to create a community
monitor this alias. The bar for setting up a community is higher than it is for
a project -- requiring two members of the CAB to give it a +1 (see
https://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=20346佺 for
detai
Apparently the current legal issue was actually introduced in build 29, so we
can't make that available instead. I hope that 30 will be available in the next
couple of days, and 31 shortly thereafter.
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Yep, the source is just fine. The problem was in a completely different part of
Solaris.
- Karyn
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Good point... I'll ask...
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We're trying to make the O/N builds available more quickly than the ISOs. I
don't have an ETA for the ISOs for 31, but they are available (roughly) every 2
weeks when there isn't a legal problem. 30 was posted on Friday (before it was
removed on Tuesday), so I don't think 31 will be available un
I was just notified of a new legal issue with build 30 of the Solaris
Express - Community Release. We hope that this is a temporary problem,
and that we'll be able to re-post the images for this build shortly.
In the meantime, I've changed the links on the download page back to
build 28.
Bec
Build 30 of the Solaris Express -- Community Release is now available
for download.
NOTE: There is a significant bug filed against this build:
6361062 Screensaver dumps core and releases screen lock on input
This bug has been fixed in Build 31.
Please see http://www.opensolaris.org/os/dow
(In case people are just reading replies to the forum instead of the mailing
list...)
There was a legal issue with build 29. I don't have an exact ETA for new ISOs,
but I think it will be early next week. I'm recommending that they just post
30. Let me know if you need 29: the timing is the sa
This is a problem with the page you're being redirected to. If you'd like, you
can go to the Solaris Express Community Release download page at
http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b28-x86-SP-G-B&TransactionId=try
. That is working.
The download is
The Solaris Express team is working to resolve the issues you are seeing. If
you want to download the Community Release, however, you should be able to do
that with the link we provide (
http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b28-x86-SP-G-B&Transaction
I'll send a note out when these are available: the Solaris Express team is
working through some legal issues.
Apologies for the inconvenience.
Thanks,
Karyn
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Due to licensing restrictions, we can't make the Solaris Express ISOs available
through BT.
Thanks,
Karyn
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You guys sure are keeping me busy... :)
Rao Shoaib just integrated a contribution from Rich Lowe into onnv_29:
6298859 server filtering in PPPoE is damaged
Contributed by Richard Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You can find more details about this bug at
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/
Today Dana Myers putback the following bug fix into onnv_29, contributed
by Juergen Keil ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
6311029 update pci interrupt line information after configuring pci
interrupts
If you want to see more about the bug, check out the details at
http://bugs.opensolaris.
Thanks for the reminder... Adam prompted me to send email to someone and ask if
they would be willing to do this. I'll do that today. Since they haven't agreed
to it yet, I won't mention any names.
The plan would be, for the time being, to release a VM image that is a Solaris
Express/OpenSolari
Congrats (and thanks) Juergen! Yesterday Frits putback:
Contributed by Juergen Keil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
6337131 ehci_detach panics debug kernel with a failed assertion with
ALi USB2.0 PCI card
Contributed by Juergen Keil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
6339683 SUNWvolr preinstall script broken, smf "s
We've been remiss in recognizing all of the community code contributions
that have come in to date, and I apologize. We really do appreciate all
of the community efforts!
There have been 48 community code contributions, and we have integrated
12 so far:
imp (Cyril Plisko)
6285828 libc
Sean,
Thanks for letting us know. I immediately got in touch with the right people.
Hopefully it's gone by now...
You definitely don't need to worry about destroying your copies, but thanks for
the offer. :)
- Karyn
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I agree that the CAB should generally be kept in the loop, but the problem was
with Solaris rather than OpenSolaris. I ended up making the call because the
Solaris Express person is on vacation -- otherwise I would just be notified and
would notify the community.
I know that my message was (in
We recently discovered a bug in the Solaris Express Community Release
build 25 SPARC binaries which has caused a legal issue. Based on our
evaluation of the issue, we've decided to remove these binaries from the
SDLC. This bug was not present in the x86 binaries, so they remain on
the SDLC at
I've pulled together my preliminary thoughts on the relative priorities
of open sourcing the other Solaris consolidations, and would like you
all to comment on the list and priorities below.
These priorities are not temporally influenced: we did not list
consolidations as a "HIGH" priority just b
That is a sad tale. I learned after a disastrous Christmas to always avoid the
regular post internationally. Living in a big building with lots of traffic, my
first thought was that someone took the package and left the label, but that
probably isn't what happened where you live.
If you email y
I just thought I would share a couple of announcements that I just added
to the site:
* First community contribution integrated
* Cryto and crypto-related source code available for download
As you can imagine, we're excited about both of these announcements, and
thought you would be as we
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