On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 11:11 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >3. So far the discussion has only been about Solaris 10 or > >OpenSolaris. What about new distros such as Nexenta and > >BeleniX that retain only the Solaris kernel and core > >libraries? Pure Solaris is renowned for its stability; > >part of the reason presumably is the fact that Sun Q/A > >applies to every single aspect of the entire OS. Does this > >quality and stability necessarily carry over into a hybrid > >OS with Solaris kernel and GNU utilities, applications, > >etc.? Potentially such an OS could be incredibly buggy and > >unstable, completely negating the advantages of a very > >stable Solaris kernel, couldn't it? Can such a hybrid > >indeed be made as stable as Solaris itself? > > The GNU utilities carry both a stability and compatibility > risk. Nothing in Solaris proper can fix that.
This statement true for any software in general, unless development is pretty much dead. :-) Solaris 8,9,10,11 are different, and therefore "carry" the same risk for end user's apps. Talking about Nexenta and Others: once distro reaches major release, i will be stabilized(i.e. no major changes) and supported for a longer periods of time. And in fact, GNU utilities rock stable and pretty compatible across the versions and platforms. So, I woudn't buy your statement.. Erast _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
