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List:       opensolaris-install-discuss
Subject:    Re: [install-discuss] Re: [indiana-discuss] Indiana Problem Statement
From:       "Shawn Walker" <binarycrusader () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-06-25 15:49:36
Message-ID: b9c544f0706250849t4c2cf58elb73f69394ae5df77 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 25/06/07, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner@sun.com> wrote:
> Why would a repository restricted only to ON be attractive?
> Consolidation boundaries can be somewhat arbitrarily drawn and do change
> over time, and I think is fairly orthogonal to the functionality
> provided by a package, which appears to be the primary point of
> interest.  Heck, as things stand right now, such an ON-only repository
> wouldn't even include the current packaging tools, which seems wholly
> undesirable for what you're suggesting.

I think this is a key point that has been missed. While it seems
logical to package things based on consolidation boundaries, I think
the long run that will be problematic at best since consolidations can
and do change over time.

Instead, it is likely that items will have to be packaged based on
what the item is and/or functionality it provides.

-- 
"Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright

Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
binarycrusader@gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
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