Re: [osol-discuss] Bug reporting

2010-03-24 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
Imho I'm not sure how any of the above communication based on the present silence from Sun Oracle helps the project, because no engineer is supposedly - not "looking" at defects.OpenSolaris.org it makes sense to have a tool that keeps track of bugs on the project as long as anyone is putting man ho

[osol-discuss] Bug reporting

2010-03-21 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
Hi, Upon evaluation of of bug and defect tracking facilities it would be useful to note having bugs automatically picked up and submitted for the developers to deal with on them as they come for users willing to participate - similar to harvesting hardware and usage statistics, only the u

[osol-discuss] Any plans for a DVD Release..

2009-08-24 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
Hi, Been running OpenSolaris for a while now, a point from a peer who's been running it for a while well worth noting is the fact that many people can't keep up with all the packages online, since the repository images don't change so often it makes sense to have a DVD release doesn't it?

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Use Case: Package Management Possible Scenario

2009-08-19 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
ne wants to go and work on other package systems (and they have) they > are ,more than welcome to. > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume < > schir...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> More choice is relevant when you have a limited application base, to >&g

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Use Case: Package Management Possible Scenario

2009-08-19 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
r own application repos - that's the only gripe I have with OpenSolaris atm. More choice to the user works for most don't you think. 2009/8/18 Shawn Walker : > Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume wrote: >> >> Hi Shawn >> >> So would it be possible to have a system similar

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Use Case: Package Management Possible Scenario

2009-08-18 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
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

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Use Case: Package Management Possible Scenario

2009-08-17 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
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 u