On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Albert White wrote: > The main things wrong with the SVR4 that I'm seeiing in this discussion is a > lack of features in the tools, rahter than a problem with the SVR4 package and > patch architecture. > > This would lead me to the conclusion that the best thing to do would be to > extend the current Sun Solaris tools as needed; for ease of use, updating, > ease of package/patch creation. But can people wait the 9-12 months?
As an admin of both Linux and various Unixen, one thing I really like from most distros on the Linux side is the consolidation of patch and package management into just package management. It tends to simplify systems management a good deal.... Sure, you trade extra bandwidth for it, but bandwidth's a lot cheaper than skilled workers ;-) To me, that and the source+build-commands archives (src.rpm files, or whatever equivalent in whichever other Linux packager you choose) are the two really nice design advantages that SysV packaging & patching doesn't have. (not that source+build-commands archives are inherently impossible when generating SysV packages -- far from it, as several projects which do exactly that show -- but it's not the standard way for SysV...) later, chris _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
