>>> >>> One other thing to keep in mind is that software selection may not be >>> what we know it to be today. We are talking about adjusting the >>> clusters of software to be more intuitive in terms of what they mean, >>> not just some arbitrary clustering like we currently have. Another >>> thing we are talking about is allowing the ability to select and >>> deselect clusters of software, not individual packages. Although, I >>> imagine if we went this route we would get a lot of pushback. >>
Note that packages today serve no purpose in Solaris other than minimization boundaries. If we don't allow minimization except at clusters of packages, why don't we make packages larger and less numerous? - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts
