OpenSolaris gets Firefox 3 and Javascript probe love

July 30, 2008 Indiana, OpenSolaris, Web 4 Comments

Old news for a lot of Linux distributions, but the build 94 update that David posted finally brings Firefox 3 to OpenSolaris. Yay. What’s better is 

gman@rampage:/var/pkg# pfexec dtrace -l | grep moz
   30 javascript1491       libmozjs.so             jsdtrace_execute_done execute-done
   31 javascript1491       libmozjs.so                        js_Execute execute-done
   32 javascript1491       libmozjs.so            jsdtrace_execute_start execute-start
   33 javascript1491       libmozjs.so                        js_Execute execute-start
   34 javascript1491       libmozjs.so            jsdtrace_function_args function-args
   35 javascript1491       libmozjs.so                      js_Interpret function-args
   36 javascript1491       libmozjs.so           jsdtrace_function_entry function-entry
   37 javascript1491       libmozjs.so                      js_Interpret function-entry
   38 javascript1491       libmozjs.so            jsdtrace_function_info function-info
   39 javascript1491       libmozjs.so                      js_Interpret function-info
   40 javascript1491       libmozjs.so          jsdtrace_function_return function-return
   41 javascript1491       libmozjs.so                      js_Interpret function-return
   42 javascript1491       libmozjs.so            jsdtrace_function_rval function-rval
   43 javascript1491       libmozjs.so                      js_Interpret function-rval
   44 javascript1491       libmozjs.so            jsdtrace_object_create object-create
   45 javascript1491       libmozjs.so        js_NewObjectWithGivenProto object-create
   46 javascript1491       libmozjs.so       jsdtrace_object_create_done object-create-done
   47 javascript1491       libmozjs.so        js_NewObjectWithGivenProto object-create-done
   48 javascript1491       libmozjs.so      jsdtrace_object_create_start object-create-start
   49 javascript1491       libmozjs.so        js_NewObjectWithGivenProto object-create-start
   50 javascript1491       libmozjs.so          jsdtrace_object_finalize object-finalize
   51 javascript1491       libmozjs.so                 js_FinalizeObject object-finalize

Yes, you’ve got it – DTrace Javascript Probes have been included.

OpenSolaris 2008.11 Problem Statement

July 30, 2008 General 18 Comments

While we’re already neck deep in development towards producing a release in November, it seemed like a good idea to start putting together a problem statement for 2008.11, much like we did for 2008.05.

Back then, the problem statement stood for a set of lofty goals for what we wanted to achieve, rather than a set of hard requirements we needed to keep. It was intentionally high level and vague to provide an artistic license when deep diving on the individual items.

So, with some caveats of

  • This is a first draft
  • Some of the language used is no doubt poor and vague
  • The numbers mentioned are stakes in the ground for spark discussion
  • This is not an exhaustive list – it doesn’t try to be
  • Some items are intentionally vague, otherwise they become a bug list
  • Some items may be optimistic or even ridiculous – this is a reflection on the level of feedback that I’ve got so far (little), and an opportunity to contribute

So go read, and let me know what you think!

The Zen of OpenSolaris

July 9, 2008 General 1 Comment

Come and see David Comay, among others, talk about OpenSolaris in SecondLife – join us at the Sun Campus, or the live stream on Wednesday 07:30 PT 9th July.

Missing out on the Fun

July 7, 2008 Conference, GNOME 1 Comment

Unfortunately no GUADEC for me this year. Hope everyone going has an uberly awesome time. Can’t wait to see the belly dancing videos that come out of this year, and I’ll certainly miss catching up with a whole bunch of friends.