S h i v wrote:
> On 8/21/07, S h i v <shivakumar.gn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Moving it to SFW (so that it appears in the default SXDE media) is
>> what I am asking for.
>> I believe I request for inclusion into SFW goes through if there is a
>> case that establishes the usefulness of this.
>>
>> I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said Tcl has found its wide acceptance
>> because of Expect & Tk. Tk providing the ability to write GUIs and
>> expect providing some fantastic ability for automation of system
>> administration tasks.
>> Expect tends to be one of the softwares that many ppl working on
>> Solaris that I know of tend to pull from sunfreeware.com after setting
>> up their systems.
>>
>
> Can I get a response for the same.
There is overall case for moving things from the ccd to sfw.
Each is an individual case. And things certainly have moved
over time.
>
> Also this prompts me to ask, how & who decides the contents of sfw? If
> any changes are proposed by any other community members, what is the
> yard stick against which it is measured to decide to accept or reject
> the proposal.
There is no one person or group that decides the contents of sfw.
There really isn't for ON either. If somebody needs something,
and wants to do the work and support it, and there's no legal
or other reason we _can't_ include it, then it can be done.
That doesn't mean you can just ask for something and have someone
at Sun go do it though - much as I'd like to have an army of
folks adding things to sfw we don't seem to have one. Not even
an army of one :) But it does mean you could do it.
Mike
