On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Peter Memishian <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > With the other non-standard changes being made to the default > > environment, I wonder if it is time to finally bite the bullet and merge > > some of the XPG4 and Sun commands -- some of the differences exist for > > some rather silly (IMO) semantic differences that portable code should > > not rely on. > > > > [ ... ] > > > > I'm just thinking, isn't it time we just bit the bullet and told our > > users to start using the POSIX defaults, instead of continuing to supply > > the legacy compatibility stuff forever. > > > > It would save a little space, and maybe we could get rid of > /usr/xpg4/bin ? > > This is the sort of thing that should be driven by the broader business > needs for Solaris and other products based on the OpenSolaris codebase, > and not by the desire to get rid of a directory and save a tiny amount of > disk space. I think people will usually agree that removing bloat and duplicated binaries/code is a good thing. It makes maintenance easier and users get a consistent environment. Oracle can always create a compatibility package that brings all the xpg4 binaries back and make it available for Solaris. +1 for merging XPG4 and Sun commands. -- Giovanni Tirloni sysdroid.com
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