Greg Palmer wrote: > 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.
The developer can do that now, and the GUI (in the latest version anyway) will correctly show it. URLs to project sites, etc. are planned when the supported metadata pool is expanded. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
