On 11/4/07, Simon Phipps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 4, 2007, at 17:38, Brandorr wrote: > > > Anyway, that discussion was decided by Indiana's team before it ever > > left Sun's firewalls. (Some internal business reasons that I am not > > aware of)... > > Excuse me? The installer is an OpenSolaris project. You're letting > your antipathy get out of hand, I think. > > S.
Simon, did you miss the whole controversy about IPS not being designed and created in the open? It seems everything about this project is trying to circumvent the community processes and ARC. These responses you give invite nothing but antipathy. It seems, you are either unaware of the facts, or are deliberately mis-characterizing the facts. As you work for Sun, you can talk to Stephen Hahn yourself, and he will be more likely to share the business reasons (IE: Non-technical) that he chose not to use a preexisting source based packaging/repository system, and decided to design a binary only packaging system (IPS). (Which is completely different than the "installer") Despite bringing this up on numerous occasions these non-technical reasons have yet to be shared. Also, when I try to answer a question as factually as is possible please do not throw fuel on the fire. State facts, and verify that we are talking about the same thing. A newcomer to the community made some suggestions, and someone questioned the wisdom of that person's suggestions. Since I understand some of the issues, as we have experimented with many packaging systems over the years, I responded with technical pros/cons of using a source based packaging system. I also responded with a small sentence about the backstory. Cheers, Brian P.S. - It is quite possible, and I'd LIKE to think likely, that my concerns are overblown. However they could easily have been dissipated with better communication. (And still can be). P.S.S. - If you look past the decision to use a binary only packaging system, there are many things to like about IPS, and I think it will go on to be one of the key selling points behind Indiana. -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/ _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
