[indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] Move /usr/gnu/bin to front of path, add /sbin

[Bruno Jargot]

On 10/31/07, Tim Foster <Tim.Foster at sun.com> wrote:
>
> hey folks,
>
> Firstly, you know this is specific to just Indiana, right - this isn't
> OpenSolaris as a whole (heck, it's not even Indiana yet, as opposed to a
> __developer preview__ of it)

Indiana will likely form the basis for all future Opensolaris
distributions. The facts established with this preview may stick
forever and we have to avoid the mistakes of GNU/Linux at the very
beginning.

> I for one encourage people playing about with this sort of thing - if we
> don't experiment around with new stuff, then OpenSolaris is going to
> stagnate, and then nobody will use it.

If you throw away backwards compatibility, stability and the System V
tools - what will remain? A Linux-wannabe clone with ZFS and Dtrace.
The identity and strengths of Opensolaris will be diminished forever.

> Secondly, lighten up will you ? You can always change $PATH post install
> - it's just ones and zeroes, you know ?

I think Sun won't stop at changing just the PATH. Maybe the next
'experiment' is to replace tools in /usr/bin with GNU utilities which
will finally end the days of backwards-compatibility.

Bruno