On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Jerry Sutton wrote:
If this problem were easy I figure you folks would have solved it by now.
I'm glad to hear it is being worked.
You can say that again.
I'm sure there is a tradeoff between enhancing the SVR4 packaging tools,
replacing them with some other existing toolset, and starting from a shiny
new source tree with a complete new design.
Very much so, and some folks are looking at packaging, some folks are
looking at the install, and some are looking at cleaning up some parts of
OpenSolaris where external code has migrated in, which doesn't really
belong there.
Please be sure to factor in the learning curve for customers in making that
decision. If you hit the jackpot with something which has become as bread &
butter as NFS and NIS, I'm sure I'll make the effort to learn it willingly.
If you manage to make it really useful for the masses but still allow
enterprise class admins to handle complex scenarios, great.
I hope the later is the case.
I'm trying to put my money where my mouth is, and trying to get on the
project to help fix it. IOW, I'm not out there yappin' about how lousy the
Solaris install it, or how outdated it is. Most of us have known this for
years.
With a modern install, Solaris/OpenSolaris will have the opportunity to
stand as a leader, as it is now it can stand with the best of them, IMO.
Install and configuration has just not been one of the strong points about
Solaris to date. Let's see if that can change.
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Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group
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