For documentation for repositories that need authenticating, here is the IPS Guide draft. See "Using Keys and Certificates For Repositories":
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/files/ips.pdf Lynne Stephen Hahn wrote: > * Ch? Kristo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-10-30 05:40]: > >> A few questions: >> > > I'll answer these first, because they are pretty easy. Thanks for > all the replies so far--I'll be forcing people to read them closely. > :) > > >> * Wouldn't there be issues in the circumstance where a user was using >> 2008.11 and wanted to stay on that release but 2009.04 was released >> into that repository forcing them to upgrade. Will there be sub >> repository for each release for those wishing not to track against >> the most current release for whatever reason? i.e something like >> http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/2008.11/ >> > > The entire package defines each set of packages which make up a > release (full or development build) precisely. One stops using image > update, and starts installing versions of entire (or, more likely, a > "recommended" package that is constrained by entire). Bart's most > recent work makes entire constrain versions more precisely than we > had in 2008.05. > > >> * Will there be a proprietary repository for things things like >> Flash, acroread, Opera, Fluendo plugins etc? >> > > Yes, a repository that requires authentication will be coming online. > You can see the proposed instructions in the recent documentation > drafts for the Image Packaging System Guide. > > The contents are still being worked: each component has different > contractual/license requirements, some of which require more work > than others. Software packages that are not in the historical > Solaris product, for example, will have a longer lead time than those > already present. > > >> * Any news on http://pkg.opensolaris.org/contrib/? >> > > My initial proposal for contrib/, with direct binary submissions from > anybody, didn't seem to get much support (although Kosuke pointed out > that the Maven repository runs in much the same way). I believe I'm > waiting for a counter-proposal from the spec-files-extra effort, but > I may be a couple of weeks behind on this one... > > - Stephen > > _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
