Maybe I am missing something but why is packaging linked to desktop-discuss ? I am putting quite some effort currently into packaging a range of apps I am the solaris version maintainer for, and they are all server apps for example. What about libraries etc ?
Just my 2c EUR and I'll join desktop-discuss since that seems to be the current sole choice available. Michal Glynn Foster wrote: > If you're interested in helping out the desktop team with various packaging > efforts for Indiana, join [EMAIL PROTECTED] and get involved! > > > Glynn > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [desktop-discuss] SFE binary packages for OpenSolaris > From: > "Laszlo (Laca) Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:14:55 +1300 > To: > OpenSolaris Desktop Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > OpenSolaris Desktop Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hi, > > Some of us in the desktop team are looking into taking some > of the spec-files-extra packages and making them available > for OpenSolaris. I'd like to invite the people working on > SFE to work with us on these packages. > What we need to do is: > - make sure the spec file builds > - it's the latest available stable version > - works reasonably well > > Ideally, we need an owner for each package, who will look > after it: keeps it up-to-date, interfaces with the upstream > community (reports bugs and/or submits fixes). This > effectively means becoming the opensolaris maintainer of the > package. > > We will also need help with testing and filing bugs -- this > is far less commitment than maintaining a package. I suggest > we use the new opensolaris.org bugzilla for tracking bugs. > > I'll post an initial list of packages that are under > consideration shortly. To be officially part of opensolaris/ > indiana, all this needs to be done under the opensolaris > umbrella. We can do this in the JDS project or revive the > pkgbase project and use its svn repository. In any case, > people involved in this will need an opensolaris.org account > (if they don't have one yet). More details about svn access > will come later. This repository will have to be more > controlled than SFE but still easy to contribute to. > Again, I think the JDS/pkgbase approach of light-weight > code reviews should work just fine. The Desktop Release > Engineering team can do regular builds and the Desktop > QA team will do some testing. > > Currently the process for integrating into indiana is not > completely clear and not at all straight forward, unfortunately. > Since Sun is involved in producing the binaries, we need to > complete a lot of paperwork (legal reviews, etc) so things > take longer than we hope. We are working on making the process > smoother. The good news (for non-Sun people ;) is that this is > something Sun employees will have to look after, so you don't > need to worry about it. > > We will also need to complete ARC review. Again, this is > something that the JDS team will look after, but help is > appreciated (identifying imported and exported interfaces, etc.) > > As always, comments welcome. > > Laca > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > -- -- Michal Bielicki CEO http://www.voiceworks.pl/ Voice Works Sp. z o.o. z siedziba w Warszawie przy ulicy Polnej 46/14, 00-644 Warszawa, Polska wpisana zostala do rejestru przedsiebiorcow prowadzonego przez Sad Rejonowy dla M.ST.Warszawy w Warszawie, XII Wydzial Krajowego Rejestru Sadowego pod numerem KRS 0000257259. NIP 701-00-25-117 Wysokosc kapitalu zakladowego: 51000,00 PLN _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
