On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> It would be better to go with the ATT AST tools >> (http://www.research.att.com/sw/download/). AST supports many of the >> BSD and GNU command line options missing in the native Solaris >> userland and conform to POSIX. > > If those tools are truly compatible with the GNU variants and track > feature changes with the GNU "upstream" (so to speak), then certainly > they are worth considering. However, the intent here is to be > compatible/familiar with the vast majority of UNIX-based systems where > new development is taking place. As far as I can see, those are > GNU/Linux and MacOS X systems. > > Although compatibility with current Solaris systems in also very > important, in order for OpenSolaris to survive (and not just stagnant), > it needs to move forward to embrace the audiences not currently using > it.
The problem is making sure that you do not alienate the audience that you currently have. Making non-Solaris compatible binaries the default is a rather good way to do that in my view. fpsm _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
