Mike Kupfer wrote: >>>>>> "jek3" == Joseph Kowalski <jek3 at sun.com> writes: >>>>>> > > jek3> My "back of the cocktail napkin" proposal is that this OpenSolaris > jek3> team divide the packages/objects into two categories: > > jek3> 1) If delivered, must be delivered by the distro (core). > jek3> 2) Everything else. > > Yes, I'd like to have a common core, and some collection of blobs that > distros can choose to take or ignore. > > What I don't understand is how much the existing consolidation structure > will need to change. I think distros will have an easier time if they > don't try to do surgery on a consolidation--either take it or don't, but > don't modify it. But I'm not sure that's a realistic goal. > I think the division can be along package lines rather than consolidation lines.
Granted there are some tricky interactions. - jek3
