[csw-users] Why support Solaris 8 onwards?

[James Lee]

On 19/09/07, 15:04:04, Ben Taylor <Ben.Taylor at Sun.COM> wrote regarding Re: 
[csw-users] Why support Solaris 8 onwards?:

> >What is the bloat you and others have mentioned?
> >
> >
> >
> The bloat is the duplication of packages in blastwave that
> are in Solaris, especially as you move from 8 to 9 to 10 to
> 11 (nevada).

These would exist regardless of Solaris 8 because the Solaris
10 libs are not current.


> Other instances is just the sheer number of packages required
> to get one package.  Because there is no master database of
> dependencies that can be querried remotely, a package has to
> be unrolled, have it's dependencies checked, and then stop and
> go get more to resolve dependencies.

This is not a Solaris 8 issue.




James.