On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Sriram Narayanan <sriram...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian > <rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Sriram Narayanan <sriram...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian >>> <rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Sriram Narayanan <sriram...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 10/16/09, Sriram Narayanan <sriram...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> We can meet at TW this Sunday, no problem. >>>>> >>>>> One other thing that we'd discussed the last weekend was how those who >>>>> are Python savvy can be a part of the Belenix developer community. >>>> >>>> Does it use python the way Pardus uses it ? Like the init system, >>>> service manager, package manager, etc. >>> >>> Err.. No. Belenix is a distro that is based on the opensolaris ON >> >> Blah blah blah ... yes I know its Solaris etc. > > My response was to the larger community, and not to just you :)
That's probably why you started your response with an "Err ... No" right ? >> >> Question is, are there are specific Belenix components written in >> Python, as in Pardus Linux which uses Python extensively ? Or was that >> a call to developers to create new tools using python ? >> > > There is our stop gap package manager which we wrote since we needed > to move away from something called pkg-get. We're now considering > using rpm5 as our package format, with the smart package manager being > the package manager of choice. > > When we'd last met at Thoughtworks last weekend, I'd mentioned that > the Belenix project would Would what ? > After I responded to you previously, I've been reading more about Pardus. > At present, Belenix uses what Solaris has for service management - > SMF. Apart from the temporary package manager that I wrote about, > we've not written anything else using Python for Belenix. We're either > busy with work, or with porting and testing software packages to > Belenix. So basically, you made a call for *developers* for Belenix (as opposed to *Python developers*). I was trying to clarify that point. Regards Rajeev J Sebastian _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers