[indiana-discuss] Indiana, just a Linux clone with different kernel?

[Mario Goebbels]

>>> Fight over nothing? What about those people who worked hard and
>>> accepted community input? It's a slap in their face, that's it.
>> ksh93 was ported because people asked for it and there was a long
>> lingering ARC. That didn't imply instant inclusion. Solaris shipped with
>> ksh88 since quite some time, ostensibly better than the old Bourne
>> shell, too. Not default either. No one rose a stink over this, either.
>>
>> As in that other huge discussion regarding the GNU tools, it's a
>> preview, a beta, still in development. Things may and will change.
>>
>> The reason why bash is the default shell currently may as well just be
>> the same why the GNU tools are preferred in this preview.
> 
> I thought Indiana is not a Linux clone and makes better choices, yes?
> Maybe not and the Indiana developers - whoever they are - are just
> resistant against any community input. Indiana appears to be a Linux
> clone with Solaris kernel, GNU tools and no real improvements.

I'm going to make a bullet list, maybe that's easier to digest:

- I think I'm not wrong when I say, first priority was to get a release
out, to prove that it ain't vapourware as well as the related most
important bits currently (installer and live CD stuff) work.

- The GNU tools preference in this release is an experiment. At least
it's claimed as such. Depending on feedback, (I hope) it may just be put
at the end of the path variable.

- Same applies to the shell.

- AFAIK the target audience tends more towards desktop. Frankly, by
theory they couldn't care less what's running under Xorg and Gnome. The
thing they'd visibly missing would be ZFS.

- Indiana is not Solaris. As in the operating system product. Solaris
will not feature GNU tools as first choice. Just thought to mention that.

-mg

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