Patrick Ale writes:
> Maybe an ignorant question but.. why ship SS12 with SXCE and SXDE when
> 11 is what you're recommending?
It does seem puzzling.
The reason is that:
- SXDE (and in particular the "developer install" feature) was
supposed to be aimed at developers who are writing software to run
_on_ Solaris, and not those who are just compiling OpenSolaris
itself. The former can make good use of having the freshest
possible set of tools.
- The two groups (ON and compiler) are separate.
- Each consolidation actually picks a Common Build Environment (CBE)
independently -- ON isn't the only consolidation. The
synchronization for a switch is somewhat involved.
I agree that it's annoying. It's even arguably "broken" in some
contexts (particularly so for OpenSolaris). I hope it's just
temporary and a side-effect of showing incremental progress rather
than distinct releases.
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