Hi, On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 14:52 -0500, Eric Boutilier wrote: > Another +1 here. > > And for another huge reason why it's important to go hash it out ASAP, > consider the build systems that the other distros are planning/doing for > freeware apps: > > - The SchilliX project plans to implement the SchilliX build system (SPS) > > - The Belenix project plans to implement the pkgsrc build system. > > - The Nexenta project already implements a Debian build system (with > _huge_ success I might add). > > IMO, these distros are critically important to a goal we all share; > namely, to increase the popularity of OpenSolaris among the broader > worldwide open-source/UNIX/Linux community. Yet none of them has > endorsed either the Companion or Blastwave.
+1 I personally believe its fundamentally important to have a shared infrastructure available that allows people to easily create a tailor made distribution of their own choice based on OpenSolaris technology. What Debian/Ubuntu have done is freaking cool, and we have an ideal opportunity to implement something similar with less complication. Glynn _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
