Why port? The majority of the work is already done. This gives Solaris users access too all of the goofy packages that they may or may not find interesting, without any additional work.
Gary A. Ross Network Operations Architect Ford Motor Company gross at ford.com Phone: (313) 390-4313 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:desktop-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Doug Scott Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:30 AM To: desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org Subject: [desktop-discuss] Re: Re: JDS and gnusolais merge? > gnusolaris uses the solaris kernel, but all of the > ubuntu/debian pkgs. > There are far too many to describe here. Last count > was around 12000 > packages in the repository, plus it can run any of > the solaris binaries > also. While the list is impressive, there are thousands which would sit and rot on my disk if I bothered installing them. I would prefer to concentrate on the ones most people find the most value, and first port those. Doug This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ desktop-discuss mailing list desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
