[indiana-discuss] information about indiana

[sanjay nadkarni (Laptop)]

Anil Jangity wrote:
> Is it geared more towards a Desktop like build of OpenSolaris or will the installer have the option of installing different builds (e.g. server, desktop ...)?
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> Or the commercial/server-like version will be released from Sun as Nevada/Solaris 11 (SXCE preview) and Indiana will mainly be like a desktop with latest OpenSource code?
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> Basically, I am thinking a Server to be something with minimalistic software packages (something like the Solaris cluster packages).
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> Thanks
>   
The focus of Indiana is to attract new developers.  This means 
OpenSolaris distro must be redistributable, easy to install and 
maintain.  SXCE builds still have a lot of closed source (dt*), video 
drivers etc.
It is also hard to install and update.  With this is mind, the areas 
which are being actively worked on for OpenSolaris are: Install, 
packaging and ease of use.  In 2008.11, a prototype for automated 
install (i.e. jumpstart replacement) be available.  While most of the 
work has been focused on x86/amd64,  automated installer for sparc will 
be available next year.


-Sanjay