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

[Keith Bierman]

On Nov 1, 2007, at 6:57 AM, Mario Goebbels wrote:

> - 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.

Having it at the end is apt to be maximally confusing. Since the user  
will then see gnu behavior for a couple of things, but not all of  
things which conflicted with previously existent Solaris  
technologies ...

There is a significant "high order bit" to settle, and it's not  
really an *installation* question per se (viz. key to Indiana's  
identity, but not really germane to caiman (other than as a side  
effect ;>)).

Is the fundamental goal of Indiana to just be "solaris.next" or is it  
intended to be maximally appealing to the large community of not yet  
Solaris users?

Of course, in the end we'll need to minimize the delta between S.next  
and Indiana or we're stuck with a fork (which no one seems to want).