James Carlson wrote:
> Kyle McDonald writes:
>
>> Documenting (right in the admins) face why a config entery is the way it
>> is, or when wnad why it might be changed, right in the location where
>> they'll see it when they are changing it.
>>
>
> Indeed. But the uncool part here is that this thread is just
> recapitulating what was already discussed during the review of
> Greenline. That case _really_ needs to be opened up.
>
>
>> create new manifests in XML significantly raises that bar. I know SMF
>> can manage the older script methods, but as I understand it, that gives
>> reduced functionality, and the impression I've seen people have about it
>> is that it is only a temporary 'backward-compatibility' feature that
>> will disappear some day.
>>
>
> What? That looks like FUD to me. The /etc/rc.* scripting interface
> is a stable part of the system, inherited from System V.
>
>
Sorry. I never meant to imply that sun had some secret plan to remove it.
I only meant to state that I've been given the impression fro comments
users make, that the public perception is that Solaris has 'moved on',
and that all interest and development is on the new way. That for now
(since no ARC case has yet been filed.) it's still there, but it seems
like people have gotten the impression that it's not that smart to write
new things the 'old way' since you can't depend on it being there forever.
Maybe my impression is wrong.
I wasn't trying to claim that any plans were in place, though.
> I don't think it'd be sane at all to attempt to remove it or make it
> "disappear" in any way.
>
> If anyone involved with OpenSolaris (or Sun) were to try that, it
> wouldn't be by way of stealth, as you seem to be suggesting. It would
> be done openly, first with an ARC case that describes exactly how
> things transition in a compatible way, and then public notice to _all_
> customers at least a year in advance of the change.
>
> I see no reason to generate unnecessary anxiety here. The people
> working on the system aren't _stupid_.
>
>
Agreed. Never meant to imply such.
>>> The key to making useful software is simplicity and cleanliness of design.
>>>
>>>
>> +1
>>
>
> ... says the guy whose email is encoded in HTML. ;-}
>
>
I think it's sent both ways at the moment. I see it as only text so I
forget that it's like that.
-Kyle
