I don't think anybody is saying that there is anything wrong with pkg-get. But I don't think there is anything wrong with vi. Whats wrong with having 10 different package management systems if they all work. Thats 10 different ways that people can then start using Solaris and Sun. They're not asking you to do the work they are asking us how can we do the work to add to Solaris and make it more theirs. People want to be part of Solaris.
Bruce Rothermal Philip Brown wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss >
