Re: [osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-22 Thread Peter C. Norton
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:11:37AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >you cant support source only packages and let your users compile them > >anyway they want, there are simply too many variables to consider. I > >think you actually void the support from redhat if you dont use one of > >the pro

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-21 Thread Chung Hang Christopher Chan
> I've worked in places where system administrators > hacked source code > which was available (BSD Unix, source licenses). > > Invariably, it is a *bad* idea; but that point is > never driven home > until one of the administrators does leave or is hit > by a truck. Well, there must be a reason

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-21 Thread Casper . Dik
>you cant support source only packages and let your users compile them >anyway they want, there are simply too many variables to consider. I >think you actually void the support from redhat if you dont use one of >the provided kernels. >imho, source code availability is a plus but to your regular

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-20 Thread Chung Hang Christopher Chan
--- Ignacio Marambio Catán <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I love the desktop analogies. People use Fedora in > > server farms. I have used Fedora in server farms. > We > > are most definitely interested in the source code. > How > > else are we suppose to integrate previously > > half/non-int

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-20 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
I love the desktop analogies. People use Fedora in server farms. I have used Fedora in server farms. We are most definitely interested in the source code. How else are we suppose to integrate previously half/non-integrated pieces of software together? i'd fire any of my sysadmins if i ever catc

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-20 Thread Chung Hang Christopher Chan
--- Ignacio Marambio Catán <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe not the kernel sources if we are not > developers. > > I would say the chances of interest in other > packages > > that come along with the distribution are much > higher > > than 0.1%. > i really really doubt that, the sources are

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-19 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
Maybe not the kernel sources if we are not developers. I would say the chances of interest in other packages that come along with the distribution are much higher than 0.1%. i really really doubt that, the sources are quite useless actually, what you really use are the derived binaries, check fi

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-19 Thread Chung Hang Christopher Chan
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I've probably a bad idea,but for me "to make > Solaris more linux like" > >is to have an opensolaris distro with all sources > (sources for every > >package) and a desktop like Ubuntu or RH.Is this an > open community? Is > >this open source? > > I find that a

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-19 Thread Casper . Dik
>I've probably a bad idea,but for me "to make Solaris more linux like" >is to have an opensolaris distro with all sources (sources for every >package) and a desktop like Ubuntu or RH.Is this an open community? Is >this open source? I find that a strange way to look at "more Linux like". I would

[osol-discuss] Re: And that would break... what, exactly? (Re: Sun to make Solaris more

2007-05-19 Thread De Togni Giacomo
I've probably a bad idea,but for me "to make Solaris more linux like" is to have an opensolaris distro with all sources (sources for every package) and a desktop like Ubuntu or RH.Is this an open community? Is this open source? Giacomo ___ OpenSolaris - The