Hi Wyllys, Thanks for the review.
> ... > 3.1.4 The SunStudio and NetBeans tools: > > 1. Initial Install: > > a) Installation behavior and scripts are provided by > the Developer tools team. > > b) During initial install Sun Studio 12 will be > installed. > > c) During intial install Sun Studio 12 will install > NetBeans 5.5.1 as it currently ships this > version. > > d) NetBeans 5.5 will also be installed since > NetBeans users are supposed to use this version, > and not 5.5.1. > ... > > Regarding item 'd': huh? Is NetBeans 5.5.1 being un-installed to clear the > way > for NetBeans 5.5 or do both end up on the system? Both end up on the system. The NetBeans tools deliver 5.5, SunStudio delivers 5.5.1 as it has dependencies on this version. > Does Studio 12 work OK with > 5.5 or does it require 5.5.1 for some operations. It requires 5.5.1. > It seems kind of silly that > on one hand we have a product that installs 5.5.1 and then we try to route > around it with this project. We should get our NetBeans and SunStudio story > straight. > > We aren't trying to route around it. It is the configuration of the SunStudio product today. Currently, the Solaris installer gets a script and some tar files from the tools team and we call the script to do the installation for us. I agree that we need to get our NetBeans and SunStudio story straight, but this product is delivered outside of the install groups domain. We have asked the tools team to provide pkgs so that we can clean things up appropriately and upgrade correctly as well. It is unclear whether these will be available by the time Dwarf integrates so I noted the current behavior. I hope it will get straightened out before we deliver Dwarf. This is the current developer express tools installation behavior, FYI. sarah
