Re: New Solaris CBE release available

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On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 9:37=E2=80=AFPM Gregor Riepl <[email protected]> wro=
te:

> >
> https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/announcing-a-new-version-of-our-oracle-s=
olaris-environment-for-developers
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> >> ... the committed support for Oracle Solaris until at least 2037, ...
>
> Do I smell a "we can't guarantee our stuff will work beyond the year-2038
> problem" here, or is that just a coincidence? ;-)
>

Given the huge amount of effort they've put in to fix Y2038 issues, I would
go for coincidence.
(And I imagine the support lifetime isn't set by engineering.)

Certainly Solaris are way ahead of where we are in the illumos world wrt
Y2038.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote g=
mail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 6, =
2026 at 9:37=E2=80=AFPM Gregor Riepl &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
m">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204=
);padding-left:1ex">&gt; <a href=3D"https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/announ=
cing-a-new-version-of-our-oracle-solaris-environment-for-developers" rel=3D=
"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/announcing-=
a-new-version-of-our-oracle-solaris-environment-for-developers</a><br>
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&gt;&gt; ... the committed support for Oracle Solaris until at least 2037, =
...<br>
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Do I smell a &quot;we can&#39;t guarantee our stuff will work beyond the ye=
ar-2038 problem&quot; here, or is that just a coincidence? ;-)<br></blockqu=
ote><div><br></div><div>Given the huge amount of effort they&#39;ve put in =
to fix Y2038 issues, I would go for coincidence.<br></div><div>(And I imagi=
ne the support lifetime isn&#39;t set by engineering.)<br><br></div><div>Ce=
rtainly Solaris are way ahead of where we are in the illumos world wrt Y203=
8.<br></div></div><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br>=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">-Peter Tribble<=
br><a href=3D"https://www.petertribble.co.uk/" target=3D"_blank">https://ww=
w.petertribble.co.uk/</a> - <a href=3D"https://ptribble.blogspot.com/" targ=
et=3D"_blank">https://ptribble.blogspot.com/</a></div></div></div>

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