On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 13:26 +1200, Glynn Foster wrote: > 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.
>From my experience, I found that real value behind Debian is NOT dpkg/apt-get/etc, but its huge, growing and successful community. -- Erast _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
