On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Shawn Walker wrote: > On 7/14/05, Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shawn wrote: > > > ... I see a similar trend in Linux attempting to be birthed even now: > > > http://www.componentizedlinux.org/. The idea of a similar project > > > being birthed for OpenSolaris is an exciting thing to me... > > > > I second that, bigtime. So my instincts tell me that the main issue > > that needs to be focused on ASAP is the base-library problem that James > > and others have mentioned. In other words, before any trans-project > > discussion (about a unified approach) can make much headway, it seems > > to me that the base-library problem has to get resolved first. Two > > projects have addressed it, but the others have not. More on this later... > > I would agree as well, the whole libm issue and other things need to > be addressed soon. Basically, anything that would prevent an > OpenSolaris distribution from being able to run Solaris binaries "as > is" due to libraries that we don't have the redistribution rights for > should be a priority in my opinion.
And I'd add this as an equally high priority too: Avoiding multiple fragmented decisions about base libraries; especially agreeing on common source packages to build them from and agreeing on the placement of the libarries in the file system hierarchy. The Blastware folks, the JDS/KDE folks, and the Portage folks -- all three of which have huge constituencies -- have yet to weigh in. Eric _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
