Jun11
2008
2008
CoolStack is a collection of some of the most commonly used open source applications optimized for the Sun Solaris platform. The latest version of this software suite, Cool Stack 1.3, has just been released. Here is a brief overview:
Notable Additions
- Python 2.5.2
- Nginx 0.6.31
- New Apache modules including mod_python, mod_ruby, mod_dtrace etc.
Updated Versions
- Apache 2.28
- Tomcat 5.5.26
- MySQL 5.1.24
- PHP 5.2.6
- Memcached 1.2.5
- Ruby 1.8.6p114 with Ruby Gems 1.1.1 and Rails 2.0.2
Other Enhancements
- Ruby performance improvements in the order of 20-30% (with a further 8-15% coming down the line when Ruby 1.8.7 is released)
- Better support for installing Ruby Gems that require native compilation on SPARC systems
The addition of Nginx an Python support along with the performance improvements in Ruby as well as the additional Apache modules are all very useful additions and have yet again come at just the right time for our organisation. Well done to Shanti and his team for providing almost exactly everything we were hoping for in this release, again!
June 27th, 2008 at 2:16 am
“Ruby performance improvements in the order of 20-30% (with a further 8-15% coming down the line when Ruby 1.8.7 is released)”
where does this information come from, and what is the baseline for the performance improvement? The previous coolstack release? As opposed to a standard from-source ruby installation?
thanks for the heads-up
June 27th, 2008 at 9:28 am
The comment about the Ruby performance improvements was taken from the Shanti’s Blog, which is the blog of the main technical lead for the Cool Stack project.
I thought I had included this link in the original post but it turns out I had not, so thanks for pointing this out.
April 12th, 2013 at 1:36 pm
hi…
would you like to inform me where can i get the coolstack package.? because i can not reach the package from your link that you share