[gnu-sol-discuss] Re: [tools-discuss] Pkg proposal: top

[Brian Gupta]

(I hope I have moved this thread to the appropriate groups:
"gnu-sol-discuss" "approach-discuss"). (I am just ccing tools-discuss, to
let people know where I am moving the discussion)

Almost all other FOSS operating systems use top to display a dynamic list of
processes. Solaris includes prstat, which A) is an unfamiliar name to non
Solaris folk, and B) doesn't support all the in application commands.

-Brian

P.S. - My apologies for posting to the wrong board.

On 4/30/07, Keith M Wesolowski <keith.wesolowski at sun.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:19:12PM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote:
>
> > How do you propose to make top more accessable to non Solaris users?
> (prstat
> > is Solaris only)
>
> Actually, prstat is part of OpenSolaris, so it's not "Solaris only"
> though I suppose you really mean it's "OpenSolaris-only."  It might be
> interesting to consider a small compatibility wrapper that translates
> top options to prstat options, or perhaps a top-compatibility mode in
> prstat itself.  The Approachability Community Group might have more
> ideas - that's why the new project instantiation process directs
> project teams to the Community Groups.
>
> Just adding top to OpenSolaris is most definitely the wrong answer
> here; it has the exact same function as prstat, but consumes 2-3x the
> resources to perform it.  There's nothing wrong with having something
> that's OpenSolaris-only; this community's objective is not to clone
> someone's favourite GNU/Linux distribution with the OpenSolaris kernel
> underneath, but to create the world's best operating system.
> Sometimes compatibility with other systems is easy, and we should do
> it; sometimes it's not worth it.  You need to go figure out which
> bucket this belongs in.
>
> --
> Keith M Wesolowski              "Sir, we're surrounded!"
> FishWorks                       "Excellent; we can attack in any
> direction!"
>
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