On Aug 19, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> i understand that the SXCE binary downloads are going away .. (just >> wondering if I need to transition to a private build system until >> some >> of the IPS smoke clears) > > No, you need to transition to working with IPS. There are internal > presentations on this, but they emphasize that we're not treating > internal & external developers differently here - we're stopping the > old-WOS production/release for everyone at the same time.
okay .. i understand this .. so with that in mind - here's some of my fundamental operational issues i currently have with the IPS transition (cross-posting to pkg-discuss .. *sorry*) (1) Slowness .. (don't get me wrong - it's gotten better) .. [pkg defects 1949, 5225, 10706] just as a quick point of reference to SVR4 for some common tasks i just ran on my eeepc (Atom, 2GB memory, etc) See what's installed: 1.460s - time pkginfo 28.477s - time pkg list Find a locally installed package given a file: 0.007s - time grep foo /var/sadm/install/contents 0.448s - time pkgchk -l -p /usr/bin/foo 52.585s - time pkg search -l foo /* ok .. so i should really rebuild the index - 690 files */ 4m 20.097s - time pkg rebuild-index 8.496s - time pkg search -l foo (2) Decent pre/post-install methodologies: I do understand the desire to containerize this sort of thing within SMF, but i do not believe that there is a current mechanism defined to start/stop SMF services around a package installation .. also somewhat problematic for driver installs, or device rebuilds (3) Problems when 2 packages might claim the same file, link, or may depend on the same configuration file .. [pkg defects 3822, 1820, 2369, 3849, 3920, 3925, 9005, 9294] (4) No formal standalone package format defined .. [pkg enh 2152, 7067] ---- ok .. so I've got a pretty good understanding of python, C, storage, filesystems and the like .. have built large installation and deployment systems for many customers, worked with a variety of package installers and methodologies over the years (and even built a few of my own) - i'd be happy to help prototype or possibly redesign some of the above .. how can I help? or rather - where don't you need help? --- .je
