On Jun 25, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Karen Tung wrote:
Shawn Walker wrote:
On Jun 24, 2009, at 7:25 PM, Karen Tung wrote:
The install team is planning to provide support to install from a
IPS repo.
We would like to get some information on when/how "offline IPS
support" will
be provided. Do you have any information I can look at to learn
more about this?
I'm sorry I hadn't had a chance to respond to your inquiry from
this morning yet, but, I'll assume this post is a continuation of
that and that you are inquiring about the "repo-on-a-stick" project.
I've attached the draft README which explains this media offering.
To expound a bit though, there are multiple things that could be
viewed as off-line support:
* a copy of the 2009.06 repository suitable for private networks or
"offline" usage (see above)
Looks like this is just to give users a pre-built repo so they don't
have to use the OpenSolaris provided
repo. From the user's point of view, they will still be going
through exactly the
same interface they do today when installing from our repo.
Correct. Although that may mean they have to change their
configuration to point at their own, local depot server or repository.
* The ability for the pkg(1) client to retrieve packages from a
repository on-disk (estimated to arrive late this year)
* The on-disk package format that pkg(5) will provide (estimated to
arrive late this year)
Do you anticipate any difference in interfaces from the user's point
of view when
the above 2 features are supported?
Not at this time.
But the on-disk format has not yet been designed or implemented.
Currently, users must first specify a repo that he/she wants to
install packages from before installing
the packages. When on-disk support is implemented,
would they not have to specify the repo/publisher? Can they
simply specify in the FMRI that they are installing from something
on-disk,
and pkg(1) client will directly install the package from disk?
Also, if they want to browse what's available on disk, will they have
to specify a repo?
The on-disk format has not yet been designed or implemented, so I
can't say what the expected interface will look like yet.
However, the goal is to ensure that usage of it is as transparent as
possible and that there be as little difference as possible from the
current processes used.
What I am trying to find out is when users are able to install
packages
from disk, would the installer need to provide any different
functionalities
(different GUI screen...etc) than installing from a network repo.
I am not currently anticipating that need.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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