[Toolserver-announce] Conversion of nightshade to Solaris

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, After some internal discussion and previous consultation with users, we have decided to standardise on Solaris for the login and web servers. We will therefore be converting nightshade from Linux to Solaris at some point in the future. There is no fixed time frame for this at moment, but it won't happen sooner than a month from now, and we won't do anything until we are satisfied that all tools (and users) are ready for the migration. To start with, we want to identify and fix any issues which prevent users from moving their tools to Solaris. This will mainly include: * Software which needs to be installed or updated * Behaviour differences between Linux and Solaris where the Linux behaviour is more correct or preferable. Please take a moment to test your tools on willow, the existing Solaris login server. If you find any issues, please open a ticket in JIRA, and include [solaris] in the subject line so we can easily identify them. Software on Solaris is often newer than the software on the Linux login server. This isn't a problem that can be fixed (since the software will eventually be updated anyway), but during the migration period, we can install more recent versions on Linux as well to allow interoperability. The easiest way for users to migrate is probably to ensure your tools work on both systems; you can then continue to run them on Linux for now (if you want), and there will be no work required once the conversion is done. Some differences between the two operating systems are documented on the wiki at <https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Solaris>. - river.