Peter Memishian wrote: > > In my opinion, if a library is required to build ON, then it should > > probably be moved into ON. > > Why? If reasonable software engineering practices have been followed, any > dependencies that ON might have on external libraries should be through > versioned, stable interfaces. If external dependencies aren't viable, > building unbundled software on Solaris seems hopeless. > > -- > meem > Well, if the interfaces are stable, then maybe the _headers_ can be placed into ON to facilitate this kind of building.
If the interfaces _aren't_ stable, then there is probably a bigger problem. Basically, I believe ON is a _foundation_ for the technology, right after the compilers themselves, and it should be possible therefore to bootstrap without a lot of external dependencies. Alternatively, if the interfaces are stable, what is the value of having the library _outside_ of ON? -- Garrett D'Amore, Principal Software Engineer Tadpole Computer / Computing Technologies Division, General Dynamics C4 Systems http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/ Phone: 951 325-2134 Fax: 951 325-2191 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
