# [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS r151022 is now out!

Philip Cristiano philipcristiano at philipcristiano.com
Mon May 15 21:20:36 UTC 2017

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    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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