Hey, Calum Benson wrote: > Interesting... it sounds like HDDtool does some of the things that the > UIRB (Sun's internal UI review board) said they would have liked > SDDTool to do when it was running on Solaris :) > > Do the two projects share any code, or have a similar GUI? Did you > ever consider combining the two applications into one? It sounds like > there's quite a bit of overlap, from a user experience perspective:
One is written in Java, the other in Python. I think if merged HDD into SDD, I think we'd lose some of the obvious benefits of writing it in Python (good native look and feel in Solaris, easier possibility of linking it into IPS, light weight package content for the LiveCD). > * SDDTool: scan machine (probably not running OpenSolaris), see list > of supported devices, optionally download drivers from website, > optionally report configuration to Sun HCL You'd probably care more about what *doesn't* work wouldn't you? And then optionally register that piece of hardware with Sun to give an indication that they may want to consider writing software to support it. > * HDDTool: scan machine (running OpenSolaris), see list of supported > devices, optionally install drivers from IPS, report configuration to > OpenSolaris community The long term goal is including all useful drivers onto the LiveCD to get a fully working system. That may not be always practical. The benefit, compared to SDD, is actually submitting the hardware that *does* work - allowing others in the community to quickly check (through some web based interface, rather than necessarily download) that a particular piece of hardware or generic system is supported. > So it sounds like they at least ought to share a common look and feel... Yeah - I can see arguments both for and against. Glynn _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
