Jyri Virkki wrote:
My bet is that once IPS leaves the lab playground and into the
production floor features such as this one (or equivalent
functionality) which are ugly but necessary in real production use
will soon be escalated into existence.
There's an implicit assumption here that is wrong. That is, that the
developers of pkg(5) have never been system administrators or been 'part
of the real world' and therefore are designing a packaging system in
some far-off ivory tower where form over function is king.
If so, that could not be farther from the truth.
The design of pkg(5) is not arbitrary, and is not based on fanciful
ideas without "real-world" input. On the contrary, I believe it is the
sum result of many experiences each member has had (as a systems
administrator, through customer support, or work on the design and/or
implementation of other packaging/installation systems inside and
outside of Sun) and a great deal of thought and work that has led to
many of the design assertions that the pkg(5) project follows.
I will not foolishly proclaim that all of the assumptions made are
necessarily correct or that the design goals chosen are achievable.
However, I believe that the journey so far has been worth it, and that
the core design goals of the project remain achievable.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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