Hey, > > ... 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...
So I wonder if half the problem that componentized Linux tries to solve is the fact that so many things fail from a binary compatibility. It's not clear to me that the added complexity at a package level [and it seems substantial] is worth the gain. Thoughts? > SchilliX and the Pkgsrc projects are solving the missing base-libraries > problem by using the SPS-provided ones; but as far as I know, the > Blastware, JDS/RPM, and Portage projects have not addressed what > they're going to do about missing base-libraries. I'd personally be advocating to work with upstream Solaris to make those base libraries readily available - and I think there's real value for other projects to be doing something similar, however stressful it might be getting that to happen ;) Glynn _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
