Thursday, February 19, 2009

SXCE build 108 is out

Solaris Express Community Edition (aka Nevada) build 108 has been released. It also seems that predictable URL is back again !

Significant changes in this build:

1. Configurable Hostids for Non-Global Zones
2. Python 2.6.1 integrated (It is in the JDS Nevada 108 build, but respective packages are not on SXCE media)
3. VIM upgraded to 7.2.84
4. Apache HTTP server upgraded to 2.2.11
5. NVIDIA graphics driver updated to 180.22

Special Note:

This build has issues with CIFS server - the advice is to skip this build if that functionality is critical.

Changes on package level:

New packages:

GNOME2 SUNWgnu-findutils GNU utilities find and xargs
system SUNWsmhba SM-HBA Libraries and CLI
system SUNWsmhbar SM-HBA Libraries and CLI (root)
system SUNWzyd ZyDAS ZD1211 USB 802.11b/g Wireless Driver


Removed packages.

system SUNWxwdim X Window System demo images

Thursday, February 05, 2009

SXCE build 107 is out

Solaris Express Community Edition (aka Nevada) build 107 has been released. This time people at SDLC decided to change the used-to-be-predictable URL to something completely random. (Yes, the latter link should get you build 107)
I am not sure what exactly they are trying to prove by hiding it, but I guess that's their decision to make. Go figure.


Notable changes in this build:

1. Project Clearview: IPMP Rearchitecture
2. ZyDAS ZD1211 USB 802.11b/g Wireless Driver (The package doesn't seem to be available from installation media)
3. Elisa and Codeina integrated
4. New Interrupt Resource Management
5. Xorg upgraded to 1.5.3
6. Mesa library upgraded to 7.2
7. BIND updated to 9.3.6-P1
8. desktop-print-management supports CUPS
9. gFTP integrated
10. gkrellm (The GNU Krell Monitors) integrated


Changes on the package level:

New packages:

GNOME2 SUNWbabl Babl is a dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library.
GNOME2 SUNWbabl-devel Babl is a dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library. - development files
GNOME2 SUNWclutter clutter - a library for creating fast, visually rich and animated graphical user interfaces.
GNOME2 SUNWclutter-cairo clutter-cairo - An experimental clutter cairo 'drawable' actor.
GNOME2 SUNWclutter-cairo-devel clutter-cairo - An experimental clutter cairo 'drawable' actor. - developer files
GNOME2 SUNWclutter-devel clutter - a library for creating fast, visually rich and animated graphical user interfaces. - developer files
GNOME2 SUNWclutter-gst clutter-gst - gstreamer integration library for clutter
GNOME2 SUNWclutter-gst-devel clutter-gst - gstreamer integration library for clutter - developer files
GNOME2 SUNWclutter-gtk clutter-gtk - GTK+ integration library for clutter
GNOME2 SUNWclutter-gtk-devel clutter-gtk - GTK+ integration library for clutter - developer files
GNOME2 SUNWcodeina Codec Installer
GNOME2 SUNWcodeina-root Codec Installer - / filesystem
GNOME2 SUNWcups-manager Print Manager for CUPS
GNOME2 SUNWcups-manager-root Print Manager for CUPS - / filesystem
system SUNWfftw2 FFTW - library for calculating discrete Fourier transforms
system SUNWfftw3 FFTW - library for calculating discrete Fourier transforms
GNOME2 SUNWgegl GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) is a graph based image processing framework.
GNOME2 SUNWgegl-devel GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) is a graph based image processing framework. - development files
GNOME2 SUNWgftp gFTP - Multithreaded FTP client for *NIX based machines
GNOME2 SUNWgkrellm Popular (ubiquitous) Gtk-based system monitor
GNOME2 SUNWgkrellm-devel Popular (ubiquitous) Gtk-based system monitor - development files
GNOME2 SUNWgnome-a11y-mousetweaks provided mouse accessibility enhancements
GNOME2 SUNWgnome-a11y-mousetweaks-root provided mouse accessibility enhancements - / filesystem
GNOME2 SUNWgnome-media-center Media center written in Python
GNOME2 SUNWlibical Libical is an Open Source implementation of the IETF's iCalendar Calendaring and Scheduling protocols
GNOME2 SUNWlibical-devel Libical is an Open Source implementation of the IETF's iCalendar Calendaring and Scheduling protocols - development files
system SUNWlibsndfile libsndfile
GNOME2 SUNWpython24-simplejson JSON (Java Script Object Notation) encoder/decoder for Python 2.4
GNOME2 SUNWpython25-simplejson JSON (Java Script Object Notation) encoder/decoder for Python 2.5
GNOME2 SUNWpyyaml24 A YAML parser and emitter for the Python language
GNOME2 SUNWpyyaml25 A YAML parser and emitter for the Python language
system SUNWttf-unfonts-ko-core Korean Un fonts TrueType fonts core
system SUNWttf-unfonts-ko-extra Korean Un fonts TrueType fonts core
system SUNWttf-wqy-zenhei Wenquanyi Zenhei Chinese TrueType font
system SUNWttf-wqy-zenhei-root Wenquanyi Zenhei Chinese TrueType font(Root)


Removed packages.

system SUNWpostgr-l10n-ja Japanese localization for PostgreSQL
system SUNWpostgr-l10n-jaS Japanese localization source files for PostgreSQL
system SUNWxorg-doc X.Org Foundation Xserver documentation