[Toolserver-announce] Conversion of nightshade to Solaris

[River Tarnell]

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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.
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