Jim Dunham wrote:
...
>>> so where is the added value of doing this within OpenSolaris?
>> If it isn't being done for Solaris, and it is being done for  
>> OpenSolaris,
>> isn't that "added"?  Or did you mean to ask "where is the value"?
> 
> Where is the value for IPS to have awareness of something that SMF  
> already manages?
> 

That's easy.  Would you enjoy playing fetch a rock in trying to put 
together all the dependencies of a package manually, or would you rather 
that the system handle that for you?  The overwhelming expectation in 
the user base these days is the latter.

Dave
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