[indiana-discuss] /release and new kernels

[Stephen Hahn]

* Robert Milkowski <milek at task.gda.pl> [2008-12-09 22:18]:
> Hello Stephen,
> 
> Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 7:44:56 PM, you wrote:
> 
> SH> * Robert Milkowski <milek at task.gda.pl> [2008-12-09 19:29]:
> >>  Would /release provide newer kernels (103, etc.) or it won't until
> >>  04.09 (unless there is a security problem?)?
> 
> SH>   The dev/ repository will have all the new development kernels,
> SH>   build-by-build.  The pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/support/ repository will
> SH>   have all the fixed 2008.11 kernels.
> 
> SH>   We're still working out what release/ would get, but it would be
> SH>   closer to what you would see in support/ than in dev/.
> 
> /support repository? What is it? It is not mention at
> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/sw-porters/contributing/ And what
> do you mean by fixed 2008.11 kernels?

  The support/ repository is what you get access to under a subscription
  plan.  See

  http://www.sun.com/service/opensolaris/index.jsp

  A "fixed 2008.11 kernel" would be a kernel binary built with some set
  of source changes relative to the one released with 2008.11.  It would
  not, for instance, be identical to the Build 106 kernel.

  - Stephen

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