[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS r151022 is now out!

[Philip Cristiano]

It looks like https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Installation should be
updated to point to the latest release. Currently it lists `r151020` as
the current stable and `r151014` as the current LTS. 

-- 
  Philip Cristiano
  philipcristiano at philipcristiano.com

On Fri, May 12, 2017, at 10:50 AM, Dan McDonald wrote:
> As always, please start with the release notes:
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseNotes/r151022
> 
> And for this release, there are upgrade notes:
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Upgrade_to_r151022
> 
> This is an LTS and Stable update.  Highlights include:
> 
> - BSD Loader is now available.  This has its own wiki page, including how
> to stick with GRUB if you think you need to.
> 
> - Kayak Interactive Installer --> No more Caiman, no more F-keys &
> curses, and no-more hacking timezone names.  Also, one less repo to
> maintain for OmniOS. Kayak does it all now.
> 
> - Python is now 2.7. This means an IPS/pkg(5) update too. There's a
> subtle, but noteworthy, update to linked-image semantics ("pkg update
> -r") AND upgrading non-linked-image "ipkg" zones is a bit more difficult
> due to the transition (chicken & egg problem with ipkg brand "attach").
> 
> - Perl is now 5.24.1.
> 
> - USB 3.0 support.
> 
> With OmniTI withdrawing funding for OmniOS-as-product, this will be the
> last OmniTI-pushed "release" of OmniOS. It contains all of the most
> recent (as of May) illumos-gate changes, AND illumos-joyent LX brand
> changes.
> 
> This release broke the 6-month cadence, due to Loader, Python2.7, and the
> need for Kayak to take over ALL installation duties.  I'm sorry for it
> being 1-2 months late, but I wanted to make sure these changes were
> comfortably in place during the 021 bloody.
> 
> Because of the sheer volume of change in this release, I had to update
> many OmniOS wiki pages.  Here's a list of all of those I changed
> nontrivially due to r151022.  Please check them out to make sure I'm not
> missing anything...
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseNotes/r151022
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Installation
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/LXZones
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Upgrade_to_r151022
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/NewLinkedImages
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/linked_images
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/KayakInteractive
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/BSDLoader
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseCycle
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Packaging
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseNotes/
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/WikiStart
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/BuildInstructions
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Maintainers
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/illumos-tools
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/buildctl
> 
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseMedia
> 
> I'll have more to say about my departure from OmniTI in a distinct
> e-mail.
> 
> Thanks, and happy upgrading!
> Dan
> 
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