I wonder if it is perhaps because the primary users of OpenSolaris at this point are system administrators ( who are paid by their various employers specifically to understand the system and diagnose problems ) and the people who write the thing.
There's also the matter that OpenSolaris is a system in and of itself, and all the parts are built together ( contrasted with GNU/Linux, where every little piece is made by someone else, and it all fits together with proverbial duct-tape and staples ) > Hi everybody, > > As an opening remark, let me say that I have been > dealing with systems for sometime and have been > monitoring OpenSolaris since its inception. > > Although there are many nice things, I have been both > puzzled and "awed" by one particular thing I have > observed - the problem resolution process. > > I have observed again and again[1], that whenever > somebody posts a "problem", it is invariably replied > with one or more of the following- > > 1. Bug number, explanation and possible course of > action > 2. Not a bug, link to document/explanation and > correct way to accomplish what the user wants. > 3. Explanation of ways to further nail down the root > cause of bug (crash dump/kmdb etc), leading to either > a bug filing or a straight one line bug number!! > > Now, OpenSolaris/Solaris/SunOS is a consolidation of > pretty big chunks of code. There are numerous > interactions within and outside the system. This is > aside from the fact that Solaris is pretty old and > still evolving by the day! There are bound to be > rough edges and cruft lying around. > > I am mystified as how it is possible that so *many* > people are working on this, and almost everybody has > a firm grasp of the whole system!!! It is as if the > *complete* system is a glassbox and everybody can see > it through and through and identify where and how the > system is acting up. > > Now if it were just the work of one person, I could > understand, but it is as if the whole work is > hand-sculpted by whole team and even then everybody > knows the whole picture! I have never seen anything > like this, and frankly find it hard to believe. > > So, thanks folks, you rock! But - goddamit - how do > you do it ??? > > Is is a bug database with magical search capabilities > ? Is it some piece of magical "process" ? Or is it > that Sun somehow found the receipe to problem of > scaling the competence ? > > Regards This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
