[indiana-discuss] what's next?

[Ben Creitz]

On 6/12/07, John Sonnenschein <johnsonnenschein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there some particular fault with SysV packages that I'm not aware of ?
>
> The "problem" if you can call it that isn't one of package format,
> it's one of management. Blastwave shows off somewhat okay that you can
> have a different management framework without throwing the baby of
> backwards compat. out with the bathwater.

I just went to Sun Tech Days in DC, for a few hours of OpenSolaris
talks.  One of the Sun kernel engineers hinted at a vague roadmap they
were working on for the future of Solaris package management.  The
point he made that stuck with me was that they were considering a move
away from patches in favor of drop-in replacements, a la RPM et al.
So far we have been discussing the future of "package" packages.
Should we also be discussing the future of "patch" packages?

Ben