On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Shawn Walker<swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote: > > As for OpenSolaris distributions that don't embrace IPS; I think they will > be at a severe disadvantage, but I'm biased :) ?I'm also of the belief that > third-party vendors would rather use a supported packaging system published > by Sun. >
Anything commercially supported will indeed be followed, and should indeed be followed, by vendors of software. Sun, however, need not be the only provider of such support, and IPS need not be the only such supported packaging system. As you should be aware (since you're writing from an @opensolaris.org account), there is value in exploring alternative formats in an open and community friendly manner, please let us community distros do that. -- Sriram
