* Nicolas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-11-14 00:21]: > > > In a way we'll be doing just that. First, we'll be our own submitters > > > of spec files. Second, we'll review and use spec files that exist > > > already or that others contribute. The main caveat is that if a spec > > > file includes patching of third party FOSS source then we'll need to > > > complete an OSR, whereas if we don't modify FOSS source then the process > > > is lighter-weight. > > > > > > That doesn't mean that we'll only accept spec files. We currently > > > intend to accept binary-only pkgs into the /contrib repo, and we intend > > > to tag them accordingly. > > > > Sounds good to me, if this is the plan then the proposal should > > reflect that. > > Which part of the proposal did not reflect that?
It seems to have been modified heavily since I read it. From what I can see it does not mention that building/packaging takes place on opensolaris.org. According to the "pending repository process" the package is built by the submitter and made available for review in binary form with the IPS manifests. Do you intend to mostly use pkgbuild (with some exceptions)? What I still miss is some form of maintainership concept which I mentioned in my first mail. How do I know if a certain package is actually maintained by someone or has been abandoned? Will anyone be able to upgrade change packages originally contributed by someone else? One more thing, will there be branches of the /contrib repo corresponding to OpenSolaris /dev and /stable? IMO this is a big deficit of SFE right now where package updates or integrations into OS consolidations often cause a lot of breakage. -- Guido Berhoerster _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
