On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 10:02 +1300, Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote: > On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:05 -0700, UNIX admin wrote: > > > Upon finishing the install, I saw the following message: > > > > "Solaris 11 software installation partially installed > > > > Solaris 11 packages partially installed > > > > SUNWcompiz-root > > SUNWcompiz-fusion-extra-root > > SUNWcompiz-fusion-main-root" > > Known bug, fixed in snv_86. > > > BTW, why do these package have funny, non-standard, Linux-like names? > > For example, why aren't they called: > > > > SUNWcompizr > > SUNWcompizfusionextrar > > SUNWcompizfusionmainr > > > > ? > > Becausetheseareverydifficulttoread. > > > It's annoying and eye stabbing to see Linux-like names diverge from > > traditional SUNW package naming scheme, especially for a Linux "fan" like > > me. > > GNOME has been using this package naming convention since Solaris 8. > (note SUNWgnome-base-libs, SUNWgnome-base-libs-devel, > SUNWgnome-base-libs-root) > We were the 1st team that stepped beyond the 9-character package > name limit (and thus the first to discover the bugs ;) > > > Will something be done about these horrible package names? > > No. > > Laca >
Whoa, I didn't even know the compiz and the other "SFO" stuff was all integrated already. Sweet. -Albert
