On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Paul Jakma wrote: > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Alan DuBoff wrote: > >> Paul, >> >> What's the status on Alpine? >> >> Version 2.00 is released and this ARC case was filed against .9999. > >> Please advice if you are still planning to put this back or not. > > I spent some time on it earlier this year, but I couldn't get their > build system straightened out for GSS and LDAP (both of which I need - > latter is pretty much required for address-books in corporate > environments), and could only get it to build with hacks that probably > wouldn't be suited to SFW. > > I may re-try later this year, but I'd not stand in anyone else's way..
Paul, I haven't looked at the other packages, there's about 3 or 4 that are needed for Alpine to run, the following could all be needed. libiconv libintl ncurses openssl (should be in the system already) And the other piece is where all of this will be located, it seems that /usr is where all is going, which I have been a supporter of, but that wasn't clear when I was talking to Mike Sullivan yesterday. First, I need to make sure my manager is ok with me doing Alpine. If that is ok, will tag onto your ARC case, make sure we have the opensource review, along with all the other stuff, and work on getting a package built. I have been using version 2.00 for a week or so now, it's working fine. In theory, this should be easier than pine, as it is Apache Licensed, at least for going through the OSR. I'll find out if my manager is ok with this today. David, we need some type of priority list for open source packages. As I mentioned, if there is something that is a higher priority than Alpine, I'm ok running with that. When I spoke with MikeS yesterday, he mentioned that the appropriate department within Solaris engineering is preferred, but in this case where I use Alpine, he's ok with that. I would just like to be working on a package that can go in an IPS repository somewhere. If there is something that is in more need, per your priorities, let me know. -- Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group
