On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Jordan Brown (Sun)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Shawn Walker wrote:
>
> > Personally, I like the fact that all of the software is in one package
> > so we are guaranteed to get all of the components.
> >
> > However, I'd be curious as to what others think about this.
> >
>
>  Assuming that the software in question is relatively small and contains no
> setuid components...
>
>  Sure, that sounds great, but what about dependencies?  A client shouldn't
> depend on having a web server, and dragging around yet another standalone
> web server doesn't sound like a win.
>
>  Some people might complain about clutter in their SMF service lists.

I guess I don't see it as dragging around a web server. It also
depends on how we end up handling client installs from on-disk
repositories.

-- 
Shawn Walker

"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
Robert Orben
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