>How does this impact what we need to deliver?

In what context?

If (and that is still a big if) someone merges libsocket/libnsl into libc,
then that means that libsocket and libnsl will continue to exist but as
filter libraries.  cf libthread/pthread/rt

>Given that we need something in the filesystem space for application
>backward compatibility, are we just bloating the filesystem?

The same number of files would continue to be delivered, but the socket/nsl
libraries would by tiny.

>As for the pain it'll cause developers everywhere who target Solaris...
>Well, life is never easy in software, we'll just curse and swear some
>more about an arbitrary change that doesn't really make things
>better or worse...(this type of thing happens everywhere.)

Even if it's slow, sandpaper is one way to lower the barrier to entry.

Casper

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