> I might note that Ubuntu takes a similar approach by having a > "supported" package repository and unsupported ones.
[...] > I'm not convinced of that just yet; I think there's room for compromise > here. > > Maybe there's too much in a distribution the size of say, Solaris > Express, to certify. However, in a distribution that fits on a CD > (such as Project Indiana), there may be close to the right amount. What does it have to do with the 700MB size of a typical CD? Conary itself would definitely fit onto the existing LiveCD at almost no cost (in addition to pkgadd and IPS, itis only a few megabytes). I have apologized (and hereby would like to do so again) to Dave Miner and the IPS team for my initial unfriendly mails (there had been a misunderstanding) and we are looking forward to find the best approach (IMHO: Maybe one should merge the best out of both worlds?). This will be discussed on the public lists and I am looking forward to it. But in advance you can expect us from opensolaris's conary project to release testing packages, diffs, a src tree and Mini-HOWTO. p.s. As there isn't a conary-eval discuss list yet, and as it does matter to the pkg- and install- communities, I have added those two. Sorry for cross-posting. Till then, thank you. http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/conary-eval/
