>>> Same question for SUNWgnome-base-libs? >> >> Hard dependency. > > What is the requirement for GNOME, specifically for this pkg?
As I said in the previous email, GLib. If you wish to learn more about Tamarack, architecture materials are available on the project page. If you still have questions after reading the materials and playing with build 53, please direct them to tamarack-discuss at opensolaris.org. -Artem. > More importantly: Why lately do I see all sorts of things in Solaris > that have nothing to do with X11, Desktops, user interfaces, all > starting to rely on GNOME libraries and the other things they depend on? > Why isn't this seen as 'not a good thing'? > > Are there parts of gnome that should be pulled out, and promoted to a > more system level? > > With regard to Dbus... Why does it remind me of Tool Talk? and what was > wrong with Tool Talk? > > Is DBus, and HAL a Sun/Solaris invention? or just a port/implementation > of something from somewhere else? > (I see references to freedesktop.org?) > > I imagine that the rmvolmgr needs the Gconf libraries, given what I've > been reading. Granted I haven't read everything, but what I have read > mentions 'user' customizations. I don't see anything about the admin > customizing anything at the system level. > > The user is now supposed to put their customizations into gconf as a > repository. I saw one comment that implied (unless I read it wrong) that > customizations that used to go in /etc/rmmount.conf (where the admin > would put them for the system, should also move to Gconf.... As far as I > know there isn't any 'system' level Gconf repository... Is there? > Closest thing I can think of are SMF properties - Why not use that? > > This seems like things are being pulled from the linux/gnome world > verbatim with the home/hobbyist mentality that that includes (i.e. the > only user is the admin.) I hope I'm missing something here. :) > > -Kyle > > >> -Artem. >> > >
