On 9/30/07, Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 9/28/07, Brandorr <brandorr at opensolaris.org> wrote: > > > Proposal: Adopt Conary as the standard packaging and distribution > > > framework for OpenSolaris. > > I can't agree to that request. For one. it involves making a snap decision, > and I simply don't think we can just go ahead and do that.
You are right, I guess I want to make sure it gets a fair shake and I don't know how to phrase that.` > For two, to make such a decision would require two things; first, to have > developed a packaging strategy based on future needs and current > shortcomings, that would give us a framework in which to make such > decisions. Second, to have done a proper community evaluation of > Conary. 1st. I haven't seen this, and don't know how IPS was approved without it. That being said, I'd like to follow the fasttrack process that IPS has been approved with. Please suggest alternate wording. > Now, I'm going to try and start a conversation on the strategy part. > > For Conary, perhaps a minor revision of Brian's request to create > a project to evaluate Conary for its suitability in the OpenSolaris > context, and that that project have equal standing (in terms of eligibility > to be chosen) as any other proposed packaging system. +1 > (Related to the last one, I would love to be able to propose that > the existing SVR4 packaging system be enhanced to meet our future > needs, as I believe that it can not only do so but do so extremely > well. It has 4 things going for it: it exists; it works at the moment; > systems and admins know how to use it; it's compatible with large > quantities of existing 3rd-party software. Because of interdependencies > with patching, the installer, and live upgrade, nobody in the (non-Sun) > community can actually do any serious work on the SVR4 packaging > system, so I'm stuck.) Seems reasonable. > -- > -Peter Tribble > http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ > -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
