Dave Miner writes: > > > The other poster who mentioned patches on unbundled software was > > on-target, though. Since that *is* possible, and since those sorts of > > patches may not be going away soon, I think we have an obligation to > > get pdo.c out there. > > > > I think we have a Solaris product requirement to provide a utility which > can apply those patches, and an OpenSolaris requirement to make the > source for that utility available. Doesn't have to be pdo, could be > something else. Which one we choose seems fairly bound up in the > compatibility story, which clearly isn't baked yet.
If it isn't pdo.c, I'd wager that it'll take longer to release, as you have to develop it first. That essentially goes back to the ugliness issue. We do need to put some effort into releasing things, even if we're all hoping that some of those things will get either a long-needed rewrite or a swift kick to deleted_files. Otherwise, we tend to freeze up. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
