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Oracle Switching Solaris To A Continuous Delivery Model

posted by cmn32480 on Monday January 30 2017, @05:22PM   
from the just-trying-to-be-like-Microsoft dept.

"exec" writes:

Last week talk of Solaris heated up again with Solaris 12 being removed from the Oracle road-map, after rumors of Oracle canning Solaris occurred in early December, meanwhile there are also more layoffs happening at Oracle. Oracle finally issued a blog post this week with a bit more clarification on the matter.

Via this Oracle.com post, Oracle Solaris will be moving to a continuous delivery model. Rather than working towards Solaris 12 or "disruptive updates", they will be working on smaller, continuous updates to Solaris 11. The post reads in part, "New features and functionality will be delivered in Oracle Solaris through dot releases instead of more disruptive major releases, consistent with trends seen throughout the industry. This addresses customer requirements for an agile and smooth transition path between versions, while providing ongoing innovation with assured investment protection."

Source:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Solaris-Continuous-Delivery

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• Re:continous model == untested Re:continous model == untested (Score: 3, Insightful) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Monday January 30 2017, @11:32PM

  by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Monday January 30 2017, @11:32PM (#460854)

  "Uncle Bob" [cleancoder.com] advocates as system of Test-driven development.

  The rules are:

  1. Write a test case until you get an error (including possible compiler error)
  2. Write the code until your test-case passes.
  3. repeat as necessary.

  That mode of development implies several things:

  • Comprehensive test coverage.
  • While coding, you had working code about a minute ago.
  • Everybody following the same methodology had working code in the last minute or so
  • Comprehensive test coverage makes refactoring easy.
  • Code is always ready for release. IE: it is a continuous development model.

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• Re:continous model == untested (Score: 2) by turgid on Tuesday January 31 2017, @10:35AM

  by turgid (4318) on Tuesday January 31 2017, @10:35AM (#461139) Journal

  Uncle Bob is indeed wise.

  --
  I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].

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