[indiana-discuss] Distro proliferation and causes of incompatibility (Was: Name of Distro?)

[Eric Boutilier]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Ian Murdock wrote:
> Eric Boutilier wrote:
>> I totally agree as I think everyone does. that is indeed a problem in the
>> Linux world, but it's intrinsically less of a concern here (way, *way*
>> less, IMO).
>> 
>> In short, in OpenSolaris land, the existing standard base of compatibility
>> is a completelely different animal than Linus' is:
>> 
>> In terms of Linux, the attributes of the base (Linus' kernel project) led
>> to all those incompatible distros. By contrast, the intrinsic attributes of
>> our existing base and the environment from which it generates (which I
>> trust you've noted are radically different/better in this regard) leads to
>> far more, though admitedly not absolute, unification and compatibility
>> across distros and other projects, IMO.
>
> Are Solaris Express and Nexenta compatible today? I.e., can you build
> a package on Solaris Express and install it on Nexenta and vice versa
> without any concern about whether something might break? -ian

You do realize that's a strawman tactic, right?

But I have no problem engaging you on it anyway, if you want, but first,
quid pro quo: please, for once, read what I actually wrote and tell me what
you think is wrong in what I said. I might learn something.

Eric