[indiana-discuss] "no scripting zone" and isaexec(3C) == architectural

[Shawn Walker]

Peter Tribble wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Shawn Walker<swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote:
>> UNIX admin wrote:
>>> All completely non-interactive.  Installable on an unlimited number of
>>> systems.  In parallel.
>>> At the click of a button in a web browser.
>> One click installation triggers, like we have right now with pkg(5)?
> 
> Nothing so crude. We're talking fully automated deployment and configuration
> of systems and applications, precisely to a customers exacting specifications.

You're right that the solution implemented there is not targeted towards 
enterprise or mass deployment, which is why it may appear 'crude' when 
you try to apply it to something it wasn't designed for.  However, I 
think it is quite slick for single end-user system installs.

I can tell you that enterprise-level management functionality is in 
development for the sort of mass deployment you're talking in the pkg(5) 
project, the Automated Installer project, and others.

> Really, the job of a packaging system within this environment is to do what it's
> told, move the bits, and get out of the way. It shouldn't be in the business of
> making decisions or trying to enforce policies off its own bat. All

Which is exactly why the pkg(5) doesn't provide arbitrary scripting; its 
focus is only on moving the bits into the right places and doing the 
minimum amount of work necessary for the system to be able to use those 
bits.

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker