Mike, > On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:46:19 PDT > "Richard L. Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Right now I've mounted my old SXDE iso and installing >>> the packages from it by hand... However, this is very >>> inefficient. Hopefully future distros of opensolaris >>> will include all the useful stuff. >>> >> One CD can only hold just so much - that's what the repository >> (pkg.opensolaris.org, I think) is for. And while you and I might >> agree that include files are useful, the average no-clue click monkey would >> probably find one more GUI app (differing according to their needs) far >> more useful, since they couldn't even _spell_ C, let alone write a "hello, >> world" >> program in it! The sad part is that the world contains a lot more of them >> than >> of us... >> > > None of which leads to the conclusion that leaving off the headers is > the best thing to do. Making developers happy helps generate more apps > for the platform, which is universally useful. Making users happy just > generates more users, which many people seem to see as a goal in and > of itself, but that isn't necessarily universal.
I think that we agree... OpenSolaris the distro is aimed at the desktop user; thus headers are definitely not needed. opensolaris the codebase is aimed at developers; thus headers are definitely required. If someone chooses to do development work on a desktop-oriented platform (and they do; obv); then they need to know how to get ahold of required packages through IPS by "pfexec pkg install SUNWhead" and similar. If they just want a desktop environment, then off they can go off the live CD or installed distro from it. Basically OpenSolaris(Indiana)==desktop and opensolaris(Nevada)==development. You make your mid-ground and you lie in it ;-) Cross-fertilization twixt the two will only breed better products. Regards... Sean. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
