On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, John Plocher wrote: > In a sense this is the "gentoo" model, applied to the whole > consolidation; it is no longer acceptable to /just/ update a single > subcomponent, the whole wad needs to be in sync.
Choice #5: Explicitely list the dependencies in our packages, make our tools figure out what is compatible based on dependencies. I.e. the RedHat/Debian RPM/Deb model. I believe that's what our marketing has found that our customers want. I know for a fact that the lack of such has ruled out Solaris for one highish-profile web-server deployment.. IMHO we really need to stop dealing implicitely with dependency resolution by dint of big wads... regards, -- Paul Jakma, Solaris Networking http://opensolaris.org/os/project/quagga tel: EMEA x19190 / +353 1 819 9190
