On 9/11/07, Stephen Hahn <sch at sun.com> 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. ... > 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.
Thank you for answering my questions. I vote +1 in favour of this proposal. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
