On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 12:32 -0800, Stephen Hahn wrote: > > Okay. So what's wrong with starting to build a spec file base > > separately and when SFW is ready to use them, we merge the 2 > > together? > > If changes need to be made to pkgbuild for this to happen, I'm > > happy do so. > > It depends on your objectives--if you're just hoping to offer packages > as an OpenSolaris effort, then a merge can be delayed indefinitely (as > it seems to have been in the past); if your aim is to offer a set of > binaries that get picked up by the distributions, as those of ON are, > I would suggest pursuing a merge as a primary objective. Which would > mean engaging with /os/projects/sfwnv/ and extending that effort's > output...
Yes, I'm just hoping to offer packages as an opensolaris effort. Up-to-date packages that install in /usr and target Nevada. Are distributions actually interested in picking up binaries of external open source projects? I would think that build recipes are far more useful. Be they in any machine-readable format. Laca _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
