>Then surely the completely arbitrary way that Solaris is split into >packages needs to be fixed.
Indeed. >Why on earth does gnome/jds come in 200 odd separate packages? Does the >split of files make any sense? No; especially not considering that there's no tool which allows you to visualize the connections and which allows you to install/uninstall a specific sub system or a specific locale. >I would make every effort to reduce the number of packages in a Solaris >distribution to more manageable levels. Certainly organising them by >function rather than by their engineering origin would help. Fewer packages >better organised would make the work of systems administrators much easier, >would reduce the potential support problems caused by the diversity of >possible configurations, and would make it much easier to produce minimal >configurations that work. Hear, hear. Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
