The thing is that you have pkgbuild or OpenPkg which can build or install from rpms thus addressing user needs through package interoperability. You normally don't have to apply a lot of effort by adding more packages when there's several rpm repositories online that are used in other scenarios. With a working framework getting most applications to work as on any other rpm based platform is worth shouting about - for depending on your point of view and development issues. It would be interesting to see how this is addressed in OpenSolaris.
2009/8/18 Che Kristo <c...@opensolaris.org>: > What is the isue you are trying to address exactly anyway? If we are missing > packages our efforts would be better spent on getting those packages into > the existing framework rather than complicating our package management by > introducing additional frameworks. > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume > <schir...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> It would be great to have the OpenPkg package management system >> integrated with opensolaris' IPS GUI which allows users to access >> binaries in RPM format for cross platform compatibility, it should >> make it easier to get programs from Fedora/Redhat linux platforms to >> run on opensolaris helping users moving from linux to opensolaris with >> a probable added benefit of user confidence. >> _______________________________________________ >> opensolaris-discuss mailing list >> opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
