[arc-discuss] [ogb-discuss] Defining OpenSolaris Consolidations

[Brian Utterback]

Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Brian Utterback wrote:
>> I think it is unwise to focus too much on the "does not duplicate"
>> property. It seems to me that it would be perfectly reasonable to
>> have conflicting consolidations that both deliver the same file,
>> but that would have the restriction that either one but not both
>> could be delivered into a single WOS.
> 
> But the design I was aiming for, rightly or wrongly, was that the
> consolidations were all part of a single WOS.
> 
> Is there value in designing OpenSolaris to be a family of operating
> systems instead of a single operating system?

But a WOS is not an operating system, it is an operating environment,
i.e. a single distribution. We already have committed to the idea of
multiple distributions. By breaking the consolidations up into
smaller modular units, it makes it easier to create and maintain
different distributions with different goals.



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