james <ja...@mansionfamily.plus.com> wrote:
> > A standards-compliant userland is important for software compatibility.
>
> The key issue here is IMO:
>
> What do you mean 'standards-compliant'?
>
> Do you mean:
> - the de-facto standard people currently use in reality?
> - the de-facto standard that is 'old Solaris', bugs and warts and all?
> - strict de-jure standard from POSIX (and if so, which revision?)?
>
> We all want compatibility. The issue is what we are compatible with,
> and what it gets us.
Let me mention what I am interested in:
Binary compatibility to existing (pre Oracle) Solaris installations.
Compatibility to SVID3 (Svr4 compliance) where possible.
Compatibility to all POSIX versions if possible.
The latter is something, we need to work on and to make this possible, I am a
usually attending all OpenGroup teleconferences since a year and supporting the
OpenSolaris interests.
Jörg
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