Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Ghee Teo wrote: > >> Today one of the sw porter submitted raised the package name used for >> Requires/BuildRequires >> Which packages format is to be used? For example on OpenSolaris, we have >> SUNWcups and on Nevada we have SUNWcupsu/SUNWcupsr, >> the spec file can not be shared between OpenSolaris and Nevada, right? >> > > Are the dependencies actually used when building IPS packages? The normal > SVR4->IPS conversions ignore the SVR4 list of dependencies and generate their > own, with manual additions when needed. > > (If you think the package names are different now, see the new proposed names > in http://cr.opensolaris.org/~richb/package_rename-v2/ ) > > I just wish they'd do something to improve the informativeness of the package entry in package manager. Allowing the developer to attach a one paragraph synopsis or better yet, a link to further information / a project website would be a godsend.
Regards, Greg
