Hi all,
On 12/23/08 15:01, Jyri Virkki wrote:
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> It'd be nice to also document in the case itself what the new
> replacement for each of the obsoleted commands will be. Personally I
> won't require the case to cover that (the user docs will certainly
> have to cover it though, but you already mention that in s.2.4), it'd
> just be nice. Maybe someone else might feel differently.
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This would be helpful for ARC, but I think what is in s 2.4 is great.
This is only loosely related, but did you see the mention of ruby in the
ars-technica article (I meant to send this out a few weeks ago)?
"A major weak point for OpenSolaris is its limited support for
third-party software. There are some new applications included in
2008.11 and some new software in the system package repositories."
"Right now, most existing Linux users will probably have difficulty
adopting the platform because of the gaps in available software.
It's viability as a development platform will depend entirely on
what tools you are using for development. It ships with Python 2.4,
which is pretty stale by today's standards, but the main repository
provides enough Python library packages to facilitate basic PyGTK+
development (Update: Python 2.5 is available from the repository).
Its Ruby stack is very sparse and it lacks some basic components
such as IRB and the Ruby GTK+ bindings. The repositories are also
missing a bunch of other basic stuff that I require for development,
including GVim and Bazaar."
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081204-hands-on-opensolaris-2008-11-a-major-step-forward-for-sun.html
It looks like we have irb, so I'm not sure what went wrong. I suspect
"ruby stack" may refer to other gems, but I don't know. Perhaps we need
to find a way to explain the philosophy of relying on gem somehow.
Has anyone emailed the author or looked into this?
- Matt
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Matt Ingenthron
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email: matt.ingenthron at sun.com
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