On 16/05/07, Doug Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
James Carlson wrote: > Moinak Ghosh writes: > >> IMHO many of the little tidbits can be sorted out without breaking >> compatibility. >> > > Indeed, many can. Aliases might be part of the answer, as might be > better GUIs so that most people just don't care about "df" output. > > My point was that _assuming_ that command line interfaces are somehow > "less" of an interface than C libraries, and just changing the > defaults without due consideration is a serious mistake. Fortunately, > a reasonable architectural review should point out this error. > As far a I know, Sun's binary compatibility does not actually cover scripts. My reading of the terms and conditions, it seems that only C and C++ applications are covered. Though customers should be informed well in advance in any changes that could affect their scripts.
Scripts have nothing to do with it. The point is that the output of those programs and the command-line options, etc. are part of a defined interface standard and that does have certain guarantees that accompany it. -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
