[osol-discuss] Re: Distributions and package managment forum request

2006-02-27 Thread Lars C
Ontology is overrated. Go for the FreeBSD package and ports system, over 14'000 applications available. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Distributions and package managment forum request

2006-02-15 Thread Geoff Arnold
+1 on the reply counter, and I'm definitely interested in contributing to the effort. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Distributions and package managment forum request

2006-02-01 Thread TJ Yang
+1 on reply counter. tj yang This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Distributions and package managment forum request

2006-01-27 Thread Stephen Potter
> My experience is with patches rather than packages, > but I'm sure I'd be able to offer some advice on how > not to shoot yourself in the foot with packages > also! > > Rob, I'd add to your list: > * How do I update my packages? Along a similar line (although we seem to be focused on packages)

[osol-discuss] Re: Distributions and package managment forum request

2006-01-27 Thread Albert White
> But the code is getting closer to release Thats great news. The code for the patch and package tools will be a great benefit to opensolaris. My experience is with patches rather than packages, but I'm sure I'd be able to offer some advice on how not to shoot yourself in the foot with packages

[osol-discuss] Re: Distributions and package managment forum request

2006-01-26 Thread Rob
Dave, I can help out by sanitizing and posting the ARC cases in support of Solaris packaging rqmts and guidelines, recommended installation paths, etc. I've identified a core set of documentation (not the source code) that can guide the community in doing value-add packaging of components at lea