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+ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 2005-10-19
+
+ The OpenPKG project releases version 2.5 of the
+ unique cross-platform software packaging facility.
+
+ http://www.openpkg.org/ -- Munich, DE -- 2005-10-19 -- The
+ OpenPKG project is proud to announce version 2.5 of its software,
+ another evolutionary step after eight releases in four years.
+
+ Much valued by IT decision makers and beloved by Unix system
+ administrators, OpenPKG is the world leading instrument for deployment
+ and maintenance of Open Source Unix software when administration
+ crosses platform boundaries. The unique OpenPKG architecture leverages
+ proven technologies like Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) and OSSP
+ and GNU components to establish a unified software administration
+ environment, independent of the underlying Unix operating system.
+
+ NEW IN VERSION 2.5
+
+ This is the second release created by the recently established OpenPKG
+ Foundation e.V., which contributed a substantial amount of manpower
+ and all the technical resources making up the "build farm" and the
+ development environment for the release engineers.
+
+ Since the previous release four months ago, the OpenPKG package
+ repository has grown to 904 packages. A subset of 579 packages were
+ carefully selected for inclusion into the OpenPKG 2.5 release,
+ including the latest versions of popular Open Source Unix software
+ like Apache, Bash, BIND, GCC, INN, Mozilla Firefox, MySQL, OpenSSH,
+ Perl, Postfix, PostgreSQL, Samba, Squid, teTeX and Vim.
+
+ Major technical efforts for this release were spent on migrating the
+ GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) from version 3.4 to 4.0. This required
+ a lot of vendor sources to be patched to pass the stronger standard
+ constraints followed by GCC 4.0. Additionally, on Solaris 10 we
+ finally switched OpenPKG from using legacy init-scripts to the new
+ Service Management Facility (SMF). Furthermore, this OpenPKG version
+ already fully supports the brand new FreeBSD 6.0 and OpenSUSE Linux
+ 10.0 operating system versions.
+
+ OpenPKG 2.5 is available for 19 different Unix platforms. Most
+ notably, it is supported on FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0, NetBSD 2.0.2, Debian
+ GNU/Linux 3.1, Fedora Core 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, OpenSUSE
+ Linux 10.0 and Sun Solaris 9 and 10. Additionally, all CORE and the
+ vast majority of BASE class packages are already available for the
+ tentative platforms FreeBSD 7.0, Gentoo Linux 1.12 and Mandriva Linux
+ 10.2. It is also still available for the obsolete platforms Sun
+ Solaris 8, FreeBSD 4.11 and SUSE Linux 9.3. Finally, OpenPKG CORE is
+ also known to work under IBM AIX 5.1, HP HP-UX 11.11 and MacOS X 10.3.
+
+ The OpenPKG 2.5 release was a joint effort of many individuals, most
+ notably the Release Engineering team of the OpenPKG Foundation e.V.
+
+ HIGHLIGHTS OF OPENPKG
+
+ * Portable across major Unix flavors.
+ * Supporting many commonly used platforms:
+ FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0, NetBSD 2.0.2, Debian GNU/Linux 3.1,
+ Fedora Core 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, and Solaris 9 and 10.
+ * Additionally already available for the tentative platforms:
+ FreeBSD 7.0, Gentoo Linux 1.12 and Mandriva Linux 10.2.
+ * Additionally still available for the obsolete platforms:
+ FreeBSD 4.11, SUSE Linux 9.3 and Sun Solaris 8.
+ * Additionally known to partially work for the forthcoming platforms:
+ HP HP-UX 11.11, MacOS X 10.3 and IBM AIX 5.1
+ * Entirely based on Open Source technology.
+ * Minimum operating system intrusion and dependency.
+ * Minimum overhead in software packaging.
+ * All packages up to date with vendor versions as of 2005-10-16.
+ * Sources of 579 CORE+BASE+PLUS packages released.
+ * Binaries of CORE+BASE class packages provided for supported platforms.
+ * Binaries of CORE class packages provided for all platforms.
+ * Easy installation, updating and deinstallation of packages.
+ * Bundled with useful and secure package preconfigurations.
+ * Includes an abstracted and powerful run-command facility.
+ * Virtual hosting through multiple instances on a single system.
+ * Proxy package mechanism for sharing packages across instances.
+ * Build-time package variations for maximum flexibility.
+ * Foundation to build encapsulated and self contained environments.
+
+ HISTORY OF THE OPENPKG PROJECT
+
+ The Open Source software project OpenPKG was founded in 2000 by
+ Ralf S. Engelschall and first released to the public in January 2002.
+ Today OpenPKG is a mature technology in production use. It is
+ maintained and improved by its original developers, organized in
+ the OpenPKG Foundation e.V., and volunteer contributors.
+
+ HISTORY OF THE OPENPKG FOUNDATION
+
+ The OpenPKG Foundation e.V. is a nonprofit organization with the
+ dedicated goal of supporting the OpenPKG project. The idea to organize
+ the social network of OpenPKG was born by Ralf S. Engelschall and
+ Thomas Lotterer in January 2005. A month later, on 2005-02-09, nine
+ founders kicked off the Foundation. Official registration under German
+ law was completed on 2005-03-18. The OpenPKG Foundation finally went
+ public on 2005-06-21.
+
+ MORE INFORMATION
+
+ The OpenPKG Project OpenPKG Foundation e.V.
+ http://www.openpkg.org/ http://www.openpkg.net/
+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+ +49-172-8986801 (CET) +49-172-8986801 (CET)
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