> From: BM [mailto:bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com] > > But don't forget that Oracle looks like killing OpenSolaris and entire > community > after all: there are no latest builds at genunix.org (latest is 134 and > seems > like that's it), Oracle stopped build OSOL after build 135 (I have no > idea where > this build is)
It is true there's no new build published in the last 3 months. But you can't use that to assume they're killing the community. I have said many times: Consider what the possibilities are. Solaris 10 is lacking features and bugfixes which are present in the free opensolaris. Very marketable features, such as dedupe, and log device removal. Oracle has stated that their focus is on commercialization of solaris. Solaris 10 is long overdue for a new release. It's entirely possible (and would make total sense) that they're shifting development effort away from the opensolaris community, to push out the "Next" version of solaris... Probably called Oracle Solaris 11. They said they would release the next opensolaris in H1 this year, but they're overdue. They also said they would release the next Solaris this year. It's entirely possible they just need all the developers they have, to deliver that goal. IMHO, I think this possibility is more likely than the "we are killing opensolaris" possibility. The latter wouldn't make any sense. > and Oracle is building "Solaris Next" or something like > that — > I have no idea where to get that thing either. There's no known name for that. The "Next" version of solaris, I suspect, will be called Oracle Solaris 11, but until that is announced, nobody knows. And it's colloquially and unofficially called "Solaris Next" or "Solaris 11" Whenever that becomes available, it will be available via the usual commercial channels. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
