Editing OpenSolaris (section)

==Release model==
[[File:OpenSolaris-screenshot-2009-06.png|thumb|OpenSolaris 2009.06 x86 LiveCD GNOME with terminal]]
OpenSolaris was offered as both '''development''' (unstable) and '''production''' (stable) releases.

* '''Development''' releases were built from the latest OpenSolaris codebase (consolidations) and included newer technologies, security updates and bug fixes, and more applications, but may not have undergone extensive testing.
* '''Production''' releases were branched from a snapshot of the development codebase (following a [[code freeze]]) and underwent a [[quality assurance|QA]] process that includes [[backport]]ing security updates and bug fixes.

OpenSolaris can be installed from [[CD-ROM]], [[USB]] drives, or over a network with the Automated Installer.<ref>{{Citation
 | title       = OpenSolaris 2010.03 Automated Installer Guide
 | url       = http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/dev/AIinstall/
 | publisher       = [[Sun Microsystems]]
 | archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20111002153713/http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/dev/AIinstall/
 | archive-date       = 2011-10-02
 | url-status       = dead
 }}</ref> CD, USB, and network install images are made available for both types of releases.<ref>{{Citation
 | title       = OpenSolaris distributions and development releases
 | url         = http://www.genunix.org/
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050701032111/http://www.genunix.org/
 | url-status  = usurped
 | archive-date = July 1, 2005
 | publisher   = genunix.org
}}[ ]</ref>

===Repositories===
OpenSolaris uses a network-aware [[package management system]] called the ''Image Packaging System'' (also known as pkg(5)) to add, remove, and manage installed software and to update to newer releases.

Packages for development releases of OpenSolaris were published by Oracle typically every two weeks to the ''/dev'' repository.<ref>[http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ OpenSolaris Development Release Packaging Repository]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |author     = Alan McClellan
 |date       = April 10, 2009
 |title      = Additional IPS Repositories
 |url        = http://wikis.sun.com/display/OSOLDesign/OpenSolaris+Development+Environment+Guide#OpenSolarisDevelopmentEnvironmentGuide-AdditionalIPSRepositories
 |publisher  = [[Sun Microsystems]]
 |access-date = 2010-04-27
}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Production releases use the ''/release'' repository<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/ |title=OpenSolaris Packaging Repository |access-date=2010-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113055727/http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release |archive-date=2011-11-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which does not receive updates until the next production release. Only Sun customers with paid support contracts have access to updates for production releases.<ref>
{{cite web
 | title       = Service Life Status for OpenSolaris Operating System Releases
 | url         = http://www.sun.com/service/eosl/eosl_opensolaris.html
 | publisher   = [[Sun Microsystems]]
 | access-date  = 2010-04-27
}}</ref>

Paid support for production releases which allows access to security updates and bug fixes was offered by Sun through the ''/support'' repository on ''pkg.sun.com''.