Stephen Hahn wrote: > * Dermot McCluskey <Dermot.McCluskey at Sun.COM> [2007-06-29 08:13]: > >> Joseph Kowalski wrote: >> >>> Maybe a bit "out of bounds", why does this "effectively means it's not >>> available in OpenSolaris based distros"? >>> >> OK, then. It effectively keeps it out of Sun's distros: >> Solaris and the reference OpenSolaris distro, if it happens. >> >> The point I was trying to make was that leaving in on >> the CCD means most users will not see it. >> > > I'm hoping that we can get to a more sophisticated form of software > delivery--like a package repository, say--as an outcome of the > Indiana/modernization efforts. In that case, the accessibility of > the CCD would increase dramatically. (Although, I think the costs of > having two identically-run consolidations is expensive and silly, so > we should probably examine the CCD and SFW separation, too, as a > distinct issue from what components are delivered where.) > > - Stephen > If "CCD means most users will not see it", should libtool be placed in /usr/bin or should we work on a "CCD equivalent" which will be seen? Particularly, for `sed -e "s/users/developers/g"`?
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. We need a better tool for CCD-like distribution. That is not a justification to place something CCD-like into the core distribution. Sorry nobody liked "/usr/has/bin". I agree that my half-<something> suggestion was not a good suggestion, but I *really* like the name suggested. :-) - jek3
