Shawn Walker wrote: > On 25/06/07, ahmet a a <ahmetaa at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> i haven't read much about the plans of the new packaging and install >> system of Solaris so this post may be a little baseless. But i was >> wondering what language will be used during the implementation. There >> is a Linux distribution called Pardus, they wrote their install, init >> and packaging mechanism from scratch using python successfully in a >> relatively short time. >> > > Oh, and I'm pretty sure the new installer was written in C since > they're using Gtk. >
The Dwarf Caiman GUI and the bits of new infrastructure behind it are being implemented in C (with GTK) as that was the best match for the requirements (which had a strong deadline component). What we do as we expand out the rest of it is not decided. Some portions are best implemented in C based on available interfaces in the system, others might not be. Dave
