On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Glynn Foster wrote: > 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 ;)
No disagreement here. Of course one big concern is that it's possible some critical files will have to stay encumbered (not even re-licensed for binary redistribution). So we should probably think carefully early on about how to deal with that should it occur. Come to think of it, maybe a goal should be to do a first release (of a community-supported desktop distro) that is not 100% open-source. At least that way, if the re-licensing process takes a long time, we could still get a distro out there while we're waiting. Eric _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
