[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Moinak has well summarized a few points, that I did not express so good >>(because I took them for g >> >> >ranted, for example: That only C++ code is affected, and only when compiled >with SUNWspro). > > >>His summary is a useful addition to this thread. >> >> > >It is somewhat strange that the "runtime.libraries" file in the >Sun compiler distribution allwod shipping all relevant libraries with >a product, including the C++ libraries, until we started bundling the >C++ libraries with Solaris at which time we limited the distribution >of the libraries somewhat. > >So it seems to me that a small update to the runtime.libraries file >of the C compiler should suffice and the time to complete that bit >should not have been overly long. > >The strange thing now is that OpenSolaris distribution can ship the >fortran runtime if they ship Fortran executables but they cannot >ship the C++ runtime. > >Casper > >
Casper, exactly! That is, why I do not understand it. Not at all, to be precise. If we were talking about sophisticated and very very expensive top secret military grade 3rd party things, actually requiring a restrictive licensing, then ok. But those 4 stupid files which HAD been redistributable in the past. They then got integrated into the Solaris2.x environment because they are so important (and some overzealous person took them out of SUNWspro's runtime.libraries file [which certainly costed SUNW another 20k USD, if not more, due to lawyer's bills, changing / reprinting documents, whatever]). What a crap. We all do our best, to increase your user's user experience and therefore to increase your BUSINESS VALUE (try to imagine a world without the schily tools, or take Moinak's performance improvements plus space doubler). All for free. Like a fly behind a window, flying circles in a preserving jar. "We are working on it ..." Since Mai 2006. Where is the Sun? Something is wrong. Leaders are meanwhile aware of it. And so it the press certainly ... But not we are to blame for it. -- Regards, Martin Bochnig _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
