Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-21 Thread Christopher Mahan
--- Peter Tribble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/18/07, Christopher Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Peter Tribble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Pretty well everything you mentioned is there already. What's > > > missing > > > is the layer above, where you can put in the smarts

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-21 Thread Peter Tribble
On 5/18/07, Christopher Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Peter Tribble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty well everything you mentioned is there already. What's > missing > is the layer above, where you can put in the smarts like > user-friendly > front ends and repositories to download sof

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-18 Thread Christopher Mahan
--- Peter Tribble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty well everything you mentioned is there already. What's > missing > is the layer above, where you can put in the smarts like > user-friendly > front ends and repositories to download software from. Q1: What would such a repository look like?

Re: [install-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-18 Thread Shawn Walker
On 18/05/07, Brian Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am moving this discussion to install-discuss. (Please remove opensolaris-discuss from any replies). On 5/17/07, Bart Smaalders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Gupta wrote: > > Going back to my initial motivation to get involved with OpenSo

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-18 Thread Brian Gupta
> > On 17/05/07, Brian Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > In order to do that we need a set of common goals, > > defining what we > > > expect out of our modern packaging standard. I > > have started with a > > > list below. Let's work from there and see if we > > can't all agree on > > >

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-18 Thread Shawn Walker
On 17/05/07, Chung Hang Christopher Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17/05/07, Brian Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > In order to do that we need a set of common goals, > defining what we > > expect out of our modern packaging standard. I >

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-18 Thread Brian Gupta
I am moving this discussion to install-discuss. (Please remove opensolaris-discuss from any replies). On 5/17/07, Bart Smaalders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Brian Gupta wrote: > Going back to my initial motivation to get involved with OpenSolaris, > and trying to find a common thread from convers

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-18 Thread Peter Tribble
On 5/17/07, Brian Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In order to do that we need a set of common goals, defining what we expect out of our modern packaging standard. I have started with a list below. Let's work from there and see if we can't all agree on what is ideal. * Must support vertical depe

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-17 Thread Chung Hang Christopher Chan
--- Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17/05/07, Brian Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > In order to do that we need a set of common goals, > defining what we > > expect out of our modern packaging standard. I > have started with a > > list below. Let's work from there and see if w

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-17 Thread Shawn Walker
On 17/05/07, Brian Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In order to do that we need a set of common goals, defining what we expect out of our modern packaging standard. I have started with a list below. Let's work from there and see if we can't all agree on what is ideal. The funny thing is, the cu

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-17 Thread Bart Smaalders
Brian Gupta wrote: Going back to my initial motivation to get involved with OpenSolaris, and trying to find a common thread from conversations both within and without Opensolaris.org, it seems that the biggest area that needs addressing is the lack of a modern comprehensive packaging and distribu

[osol-discuss] Packaging and package format modernization goals. (Top Priority)

2007-05-17 Thread Brian Gupta
Going back to my initial motivation to get involved with OpenSolaris, and trying to find a common thread from conversations both within and without Opensolaris.org, it seems that the biggest area that needs addressing is the lack of a modern comprehensive packaging and distribution standard for Op