Chung Hang Christopher Chan writes:
> If it was a new behaviour by the updates, I would
> understand but new features?

Yes.

> Tracking patches appears to be a pain. All
> numbers...just like the docs...makes it very
> inconvenient to know what is in there.

That's why there are patch management tools available.

> This system is fine for Sun customers. I, however,
> don't think that third party developers/packagers
> would like this kind of system. Releasing an updated
> package and letting the packaging system handle the
> rest is far less work both ways imho.

Agreed.  As I said, many third parties delivering software for Solaris
don't bother with the undocumented process of creating patches.

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