On 6/23/07, Andrew M.A. Cater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 08:19:51PM -0400, Francois Saint-Jacques wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 10:42:26AM +1200, Glynn Foster wrote: > > > Packaging > > > > Many individuals, including me, are interested in the packaging system for > > Indiana. I believe that it is important to attack the problem of packages > > management at the moment. We cannot conceive an operating system without > > having a process for propagating and upgrading packages. I would really > > like to see a packager community where we could work together to > > effectively integrate software in OpenSolaris with high quality standards > > (SMF daemon aware, FSH compatible). Moreover, we could then work on the > > desktop part and/or other software integration. Some proposals: > > > > 1. First of all, it would be necessary to create a standard library for > > packages 'libpkg', not to confuse with the current libpkg, with generic > > functions such as 'package_add(), package_check(), etc'. There was a > > post on the forum install-discuss but I am not able to find it > > (Dave do you remember which post?). This would allow use to combine > > multiple tools (pkg*, pkg-get) with one clean implementation. > > > > I know I sound like a Debian fanboy: look carefully at Debian's dpkg > > > 2. Re-code pkg* binaries to use libpkg. In order to accomodate linux > > users, I had already suggested this in the Indiana-discuss list: create a > > new tool 'pkg add|delete|info'. One tool to rule them all that would also > > use libpkg. > > Look carefully at apt-get or aptitude and the integration with dpkg > > > > > 3. The holy grail: 'pkg-get' that support multiple repositories, live > > network upgrade, multiple sources (ftp,http,https,filesystem). On this > > subject, I propose having an official core repository that ONLY contains > > ON integration (base system). > > > > I've had this for about 9 years in Debian :) >
I don't think we should try to re-create debian. Debian has this tendency to explode in fabulous ways, occasionally preventing boot. There's also the problem with debian that you end up with an entirely un-testable system, since each package is tested more or less atomically. You have absolutely no idea if a user-reported bug is in a package itself, or if it's some complex interplay between two or more packages. We should aim to deliver a tested bug-free _System_, not just a pile of packages haphazardly thrown together -- PGP Public Key 0x437AF1A1 Availiable on hkp://pgp.mit.edu _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
