On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Shawn Walker<[email protected]> wrote: > Fredrich Maney wrote: >> >> I do not have a problem with providing the GNU userland as an option, >> or with making it easy to for Linux converts to select that. My issue >> is that the default environment was arbitrarily changed from the >> Solaris userland to the GNU userland at the expense of the existing >> install base by the install team in an effort to attract Linux >> converts without providing a suitable method for correcting this >> behavior at install time. Adding salt to the wound is the fact that >> the GNU userland does not support many core features of Solaris that >> would likely be the reason for said Linux users to convert to Solaris >> - thereby invalidating the entire decision in the first place. >> >> Unless, and until, the GNU userland supports the core features of >> Solaris (like ZFS ACLs, RBAC, etc.), it should be an option to be >> selected - during or after install time - and not the default. Even >> then, changing the default needs to be communicated and debated. > > Changing the environment is as simple as changing your ~/.profile or the > shell in /etc/passwd. I think you've blown the changes here way out of > proportion.
Again, that is not the point. The purported reason for changing the default environment was to make it more attractive/familiar/easier for Linux users to convert to Solaris - presumably for the advanced features and stability that come with Solaris but are missing from Linux. I'm well aware of how to fix the problem, but I shouldn't have to. And neither should people new to Solaris be forced to research how to do this just to get core functionality to work. The whole reason that they are trying out Solaris is for the features that are not supported by the GNU userland, so giving them a GNU userland to make them "more comfortable" defeats the whole point. So, instead of making it easier for the Linux users to move to Solaris at the expense of the existing Solaris users, the only thing that has happened is that we have made it more annoying and difficult for everyone. fpsm -- Fredrich Maney, SCSA (7,8,9) _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
