There is a fundamental difference between Linux user and Solaris customers.
Linux is more for Unix ethusiasts who want all latest changes now! And if it break something - so what? Solaris is used by big corporations, banks etc. Corporate IT do not like changes if they do not need them. Many of them has procedure to test new software for like 3 monthes before they deploy it over enterprise and so they like to have certain fix and nothing else new. If they get all bunch of new changes then they have to run 3 month test again. Can you see difference between one of my home computer being down for day because of some new staff I yamed is not working and ATM server for big bank is not working for the day? This is just matter of responsibility. Patching solution for Solaris was evolved in what it is now by customer requests and so serve them well for quite some time. It was kshell script. Now it is on steroids with new C-code pdo which has all new dependency check, multi-patching already in Solaris 10 FCS. Nevada has mutual dependancy and recursive patching was almost ready. With increasing of freshbitted packages support - so it covers Linux-like installation patches are quite unique advantage Solaris has to deliver and to track changes. I started some discussions before about patches and pdo you may just check this forum for last year. Thanks, Vassili. This message posted from opensolaris.org
