Shawn Walker wrote: > > Patches no longer exist in the IPS era.
slight correction *solaris* patches longer exist in the IPS era. we don't know what methods 3rd party apps will use for updates. They may well use patches. If so, we need to be able to install them... And, whatever you call them, we are going to have to install updates to solaris bits during the install. Folks want exact examples of exact tasks we are tying to accomplish during install. The problem is, we don't know yet. It depends on future bugs in Solaris we will have to work around. It depends on what new 3rd party apps we need to install. Apps that most likely won't even be in the existing pkg format, let alone the new IPS format. It depends on things we can't even conceive of yet. If you want folks to use your tool, you have to make the tool usable. An install tool without the ability to completely customize installs is like a race car without wheels. Sure, it looks real pretty, and may in theory be the best car in the race. But it probably won't win. Regards, -Frank
