So have a new environment variable SUNW_INCOMPATIBLE_LINUX_ACCOMODATION_DEFAULTS=true
which if set causes various programs to change their defaults. Note that the programs would still have to add the functionality, just that the default behavior without that would remain as it is. That way, the newcomers could have their defaults, and I could have mine. Since they're the newcomers, they're the ones that have to do something extra, although there's no reason why that couldn't be something done just once (environment variable in per-account or per-system file) rather than every time they type a command, and there's no reason that the opportunities to set up such customizations couldn't go clear back to configurable defaults for useradd and even an extra option or two at installation time. So there would be no excuse for a claim of hardship on their part, IMO. That there _are_ ways to do this sort of thing is precisely why I think a separate new generation friendly distro is probably _not_ a good idea. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
