Re: [osol-discuss] package manager - new feature request

2009-10-22 Thread Tomas Bodzar
You used Windows without any guide? So you know without any reading how to do proper setup of Internet computer based on Windows in mmc, you know how to work with registry without some guide, you know how to use support tools in cooperation with your initial setup and so on? Then sorry for my no

Re: [osol-discuss] package manager - new feature request

2009-10-22 Thread Alan Coopersmith
sridhar wrote: > please give me some links to decent to thorough/exhaustive open solaris > documentation or normal to advanced user guide that covers everything we need > to know to use open solaris(I just used windows without any guide. All things > are installed using GUI, not CUI, with good e

Re: [osol-discuss] package manager - new feature request

2009-10-22 Thread Che Kristo
Here you go: http://wiki.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OpenSolaris_I18n_&_L10n_Community_SketchPad/trans_status/ On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 19:40, sridhar wrote: > please give me some links to decent to thorough/exhaustive open solaris > documentation or normal to advanced user guide that covers every

Re: [osol-discuss] package manager - new feature request

2009-10-22 Thread sridhar
upgrade of operating system does not require reinstallation of user apps. http://news.oreilly.com/2008/07/linux-torvalds-on-linux-distri.html Go thru what linus torvalds tell about ease of installation. I copy pasted 2 and third paras of grey coloured portion of interview page. "And when it comes

Re: [osol-discuss] package manager - new feature request

2009-10-22 Thread sridhar
please give me some links to decent to thorough/exhaustive open solaris documentation or normal to advanced user guide that covers everything we need to know to use open solaris(I just used windows without any guide. All things are installed using GUI, not CUI, with good enough information,optio

Re: [osol-discuss] package manager - new feature request

2009-10-20 Thread Tomas Bodzar
And again. You don't understand Unix world. Read something about it first. Application settings are stored in your home directory so you can't loose them after upgrade of OS or installation of new version of app. Some apps may have additional directories with specific settings but it's mentioned

[osol-discuss] package manager - new feature request

2009-10-19 Thread sridhar
package manager should provide a way to pack the settings/configuration of the installed applications that are stored in the os partition(call it first partition). After installing a newer version in the first partition, package manager should restore the settings of all user applications in th