Sean Sprague wrote: > John, > > >>>> I'm genuinely confused: what parts of the OpenSolaris don't make Solaris >>>> a better Solaris? Which features are retrograde steps? >>>> >>>> >>> /usr/gnu being at the front of the default PATH for one. >>> >>> >> Please give a detailed technical reason for why that's an issue. AFAIK >> pretty much every GNU tool implementation is both more functional and >> significantly faster than the ancient system V ones. >> >> > > Rich and I are of the same broken mould (apols Rich). Gnu's Not UNIX; > but (Open)Solaris is, as far as we care. If it is Sun's desire to make > OpenSolaris a GNU-tooled implementation, the so be it. Many of us would > prefer never to have to use "--" on any of our command options. Also all > the "ancient" SystemV ones have a rich history (and I believe future) > that none of us should cast aside. >
Since you are long-time Solaris users familiar with it's nuances, how long does it take you to flip your PATH so that /usr/bin is in the front ? How long will it take an OpenSolaris n00b to figure out it's nuances and update the PATH settings so that he can use the familiar GNU tools ? Would he even care to do such a change if the operating env feels weird and unfamiliar right from the start ? Regards, Moinak. > Regards... Sean. > > _______________________________________________ > advocacy-discuss mailing list > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss >
