Martin Man wrote, On 02/07/07 17:00:
> Shawn Walker wrote:
>> On 02/07/07, Daniel Griffith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Seperating package names and package file names is a ghastly solution
>>> to the problem, if I want to manually download a package called
>>> nvidia-drivers, I should be downloading a file called
>>> nvidia-drivers.***, not NVDAgraphics.***.
>>
>> Why does that matter?
>
> because if it walks like a duck, and sounds like a duck it must be a
> duck... no need to call it chair if, in fact, it's a ... duck
As I pointed previously, if we do it right, users wouldn't have to
deal with package names.
Anyway, think of it like a language (English vs whatever): In Linux
you use something like 'linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-generic'
plus 'nvidia-glx', while in Solaris you use 'NVDAgraphics'.
In fact, do you really think these modern Solaris packages names are
so terrible that we need to break the compatibility? :-?
SUNWgnome-keyring-manager
SUNWgnome-character-map
SUNWgnome-system-monitor
SUNWperl-authen-pam
SUNWperl-xml-parser
SUNWevolution-webcal
SUNWevolution-exchange
Many of us have learned using Linux. I'm indeed one of those, but I
do understand that we don't need to copy it in every single aspect.
Nexenta is there for the people who want 'Linux with a OpenSolaris
kernel', but I think we want something more than that for Indiana.
--
Greetings, alo.
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