Glenn Lagasse wrote: > Hey Jim, > > * Jim Walker (James.Walker at Sun.COM) wrote: >> The pending ips package repository is live at: >> http://pkg.opensolaris.org/pending > > Unfreakingbelievable. And in record time, didn't you just come asking > for sponsorship a couple of weeks ago? > >> It contains the first set of 1708 packages automatically generated >> by the pkgfactory and sourcejuicer projects: >> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/sw-porters/files/pending_1203.txt > > I haven't had time (or opportunity) to do more than just browse the list > of packages in the repo and it's left me drooling. All (at least > seemingly) of the open source software that I'm accustomed to installing > on Linux distributions is now available via a simple pkg install > command (I know /pending is a stepping stone for /contrib but still). > The future looks very very bright indeed. > > I can't wait to start installing things and playing around. > > Seriously, kudos to you and the team. I can't wait to see this evolve. > > Cheers, >
Very cool! Everyone, please keep in mind: 1) there are no inter- package dependencies. 2) a lot of stuff doesn't work as yet. How do we file bugs? - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts "You will contribute more with mercurial than with thunderbird."
