On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Ian Murdock wrote:
Eric Boutilier wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Ian Murdock wrote:
Eric Boutilier wrote:
I totally agree as I think everyone does. that is indeed a problem in the
Linux world, but it's intrinsically less of a concern here (way, *way*
less, IMO).
In short, in OpenSolaris land, the existing standard base of
compatibility
is a completelely different animal than Linus' is:
In terms of Linux, the attributes of the base (Linus' kernel project) led
to all those incompatible distros. By contrast, the intrinsic attributes
of
our existing base and the environment from which it generates (which I
trust you've noted are radically different/better in this regard) leads
to
far more, though admitedly not absolute, unification and compatibility
across distros and other projects, IMO.
Are Solaris Express and Nexenta compatible today? I.e., can you build
a package on Solaris Express and install it on Nexenta and vice versa
without any concern about whether something might break? -ian
You do realize that's a strawman tactic, right?
But I have no problem engaging you on it anyway, if you want, but first,
quid pro quo: please, for once, read what I actually wrote and tell me what
you think is wrong in what I said. I might learn something.
You said, "OpenSolaris will not have compatibility problems because of
its intrinsic attributes."
There's not much I loathe, but when someone puts together a
phrase and then falsely attributes it to me, _that_ is an
action I loathe. Please don't do it again. Here's what you
should have quoted. This is what I said and this is what I
want to convey. Please refer to this, and not an altered
version of it if you want to quote me. I like to think I
choose how I say things very carefully in matters like this.
"By contrast, the intrinsic attributes of our existing
base and the environment from which it generates (which I
trust you've noted are radically different/better in this
regard) leads to far more, though admitedly not absolute,
unification and compatibility across distros and other
projects"
I pointed out a counterexample. How is that
a strawman tactic? -ian
Because it cherry picks one-sixth of the elements of the counterexample
set. The other five-sixths are: Solaris Express, BeleniX, MarTUX, SchilliX,
and Solaris 10.
OK, now, shall we continue? Note: keep in mind the sentence
where I wrote "though admittedly not absolute"...
Eric
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