Brian Gupta wrote: > > As I am aware there are no other proposals before the ARC for guidance > in creating or adopting an OpenSolaris packaging system. Please > understand, that unlike many other packaging efforts in the > OpenSolaris/Solaris technical sphere (pkg-get, apt-clone/get, rpm, > pkgsource, ips), we seek to work within the guidelines of the existing > ARC, and are trying to follow the guideline "ARC early and ARC often". > (Unless I am misunderstanding "how things get done around here"). >
Ahh.. as the author of pkg-get, I think I should put in a small word here :-) I am very happy to "work within the guidelines of the existing ARC", vis-a-vis pkg-get. As a matter of fact, sun has approached me multiple times, with, "would you be interested in having pkg-get included with Solaris?" And my response was always "Certainly! Please let me know if there's anything I need to change about it, what you are looking for, etc. And I will be happy to help you out with suggestions on integration methods, if you wish". The only response and feedback I have gotten, after those initial contacts, was, "well, it would be nice if it had a gui". That was the ONLY comment. No, "you should discuss with the ARC". No, "well, this bit here violates some ARC principles...". Nothing.
