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

[Shawn Walker]

On 22/06/07, BVK Chaitanya <bayapuneni_chaitanya at symantec.com> wrote:
>
> Ian Murdock <Ian.Murdock at Sun.COM> writes:
>
> > 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
>
> Can you tell us how Indiana will solve it anyway?

In theory, by having a reference platform. But that doesn't actually
solve the problem. People can always create incompatible
distributions.

The theory is that by having a reference distribution, no one will
want to deviate from the reference in incompatible ways because they
value compatibility.

It won't solve the issue of a packaging system, etc.

-- 
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Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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