On Feb 6, 2008 10:31 AM, Kyle McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: > > Yes, I am trying to say that packaging is the issue here, not software. > > > > > No. Dependencies are the issue. Many dependencies are created when the
Dependencies are a result of packaging in most cases, so I don't see how what you are saying is much different than what I am saying. I'm fairly certain we're effectively saying the same thing. > I'm all for improving the Solaris packaging technology. But I don't > beleive these problems will be fixed, no matter how much improvement is > made in the packaging tools, or file formats. I wasn't suggesting packaging technology was a solution to this. > Also I think most dependency problems that can be fixed by re-packaging, > can be fixed today with the current pacakging tools. It just takes a > finer resolution of packges, and likely an explosion in the number of > packages. The problems in the packaging, and the problems being solved > in the packaging tools I think, are largely ( though maybe not entirely) > orthogonal, and unrelated. Didn't I just say the problem is the packaging? -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
