I am voting Yes to the proposal. - Sundar
Stephen Hahn wrote: > I would ask that the Install CG and its various contributors consider > sponsoring the following project. We have a functioning prototype > (but we're not complete on all critical features), so we believe that > there's an opportunity to explore a different combination of design > choices around software packaging, and that this effort would be of > interest to the participants of this community group. > > Thanks > Stephen > > ---- > > pkg > Image Packaging System > > Sponsored by the Installation and Packaging CG > > Stephen Hahn (sch), Danek Duvall (dduvall), Bart Smaalders (barts), > Johansen (johansen), David Comay (comay) > > This project seeks to develop a software packaging system that is able > to update, in a safe and predictable fashion, a variety of software > components across a range of system install contexts. The image > packaging system is intended to solve a collection of software > update-related problems, as outlined in [1 - 5]. > > The project hopes to be a candidate in the Indiana effort to build an > OpenSolaris-based distribution. The project coordinates with the Caiman > project to produce a new installer architecture for use in OpenSolaris > distributions; the project expects to work with the System V Packaging > Project to amend the latter's software to be more compatible on a system > using image packaging. Coordination with the Zones CG and other > interested projects and CGs is also anticipated. > > At present, the project has completed an initial sanity test of its > prototype--installation into a whole root zone--and is ready to invite > others to participate in development. > > References > > 1. S. Hahn, "Observations on packaging", 2007. > http://blogs.sun.com/sch/entry/observations_on_packaging > > 2. B. Smaalders, "Rethinking Patching", 2007. > http://blogs.sun.com/barts/entry/rethinking_patching > > 3. S. Hahn, "pkg(1): No more installer magic", 2007. > http://blogs.sun.com/sch/entry/pkg_no_more_installer_magic > > 4. S. Hahn, "pkg(1): Leaving the build system "out"", 2007. > http://blogs.sun.com/sch/entry/pkg_leaving_the_build_system > > 5. S. Hahn, "pkg(1): a no scripting zone", 2007. > http://blogs.sun.com/sch/entry/pkg_1_a_no_scripting > >
