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Server: cvs.openpkg.org Name: Michael Schloh
Root: /e/openpkg/cvs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Module: openpkg-web Date: 19-Oct-2004 16:59:09
Branch: HEAD Handle: 2004101915590900
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openpkg-web about.wml
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<h2>The Goal</h2>
-OpenPKG is a collaboration project with the goal of creating
-and maintaining portable and easy to install software
-packages for use on the major Unix server platforms.
-Currently <a href="http://www.sun.com/solaris/";>Solaris</a>,
-<a href="http://www.linux.com/";>Linux</a> and <a
+The OpenPKG project is a collaboration with the goal of creating
+and maintaining portable and easy to install software packages
+for use on major Unix server platforms. Currently
+<a href="http://www.sun.com/solaris/";>Solaris</a>,
+<a href="http://www.linux.com/";>Linux</a>, and <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/";>FreeBSD</a> are
fully supported. Additionally, core functions are known
-to work on
-<a href="http://www.netbsd.org";>NetBSD</a>,
-<a href="http://www.openbsd.org";>OpenBSD</a>, <a
-href="http://www.tru64.org/";>Tru64</a> and
-<a href="http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/index.html";>HP-UX</a> and
+to work on <a href="http://www.netbsd.org";>NetBSD</a>,
+<a href="http://www.openbsd.org";>OpenBSD</a>,
+<a href="http://www.tru64.org/";>Tru64</a> and
+<a href="http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/index.html";>HP-UX</a>.
<h2>The Background</h2>
@@ -27,44 +26,45 @@
date back to the Build'n'Play (BnP) facility, developed in
1996 by Ralf S. Engelschall while working for <a
href="http://www.sdm.de/";>software design & management</a>
-(sd&m) in Munich. The OpenPKG project was founded by <a
+(sd&m) in Munich. The OpenPKG project was founded in November 2000 by <a
href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Ralf S. Engelschall</a> while working
-together with <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Christoph Schug</a> in
-November 2000 during the goal to unite and enhance the software installation
-approaches which were common sense in the Hosting team of the Internet
-Services division in the <a href="http://www.cw.com/";>Cable & Wireless</a>
-Internet Solution Center (ISC) in Munich.
+together with <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Christoph Schug</a>.
+Their goal involved uniting and enhancing software installation
+approaches of the hosting team of the Internet Services division in the
+<a href="http://www.cw.com/";>Cable & Wireless</a> Internet Solution
+Center (ISC) in Munich.
+
+<p>
+At the Internet Services division, installing and maintaining Unix software
+installations on top of <a href="http://www.sun.com/solaris/";>Solaris</a>,
+<a href="http://www.linux.com/";>Linux</a> and
+<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/";>FreeBSD</a> was a daily task. Before
+OpenPKG's arrival, software packages were manually installed on demand by
+different Internet engineers in the hosting team. Each Internet engineer had
+different knowledge and preferences, so the unique (and often not well
+documented) software installations and configurations differed greatly.
+It was consequently almost impossible to upgrade the installation later.
+Additionally, constructing a new server for a customer required some
+days because of the lack of automated installation procedures.
<p>
-The daily task was to install and maintain Unix software
-installations on top of the three server operating systems
-<a href="http://www.sun.com/solaris/";>Solaris</a>,
-<a href="http://www.linux.com/";>Linux</a> and <a
-href="http://www.freebsd.org/";>FreeBSD</a>. In the past, software
-packages were installed on demand and manually by different Internet
-Engineers in the Hosting team. The results were that software
-installations differed more or less heavily (because of different
-knowledge and preferences between the Internet Engineers) and it
-was mostly impossible to upgrade the installation later (because
-the installation was too unique and often not well documented).
-Additionally, establishing a new server for a customer required a few
-days because of the lack of automated installation procedures.
-OpenPKG solves this by providing a common source of software packages
-which are easy to install and upgrade and which already come with
-reasonable pre-configurations.
+Today with OpenPKG, an administrator can achieve greater productivity and
+consistence by by exploiting OpenPKG's easy to install and upgrade software
+packages. Furthermore, common configuration mistakes are reduced because
+each OpenPKG package includes a reasonable default configuration.
<h2>The Approach</h2>
-The OpenPKG project is an Open Source software collaboration effort
+The OpenPKG project is an Open Source software collaboration
of many individuals, backed with additional resources (manpower,
-machines, network connectivity, etc.) which are generously provided
+machines, network connectivity, etc.) generously provided
and sponsored by the industry. Everyone can participate in the
-project and the results are available for free to anyone as <a
+project and the results are freely available to everyone else as <a
href="http://www.opensource.org/";>Open Source</a>.
<h2>The Team</h2>
-The official OpenPKG project team currently consists of the following people:
+The core OpenPKG project team currently consists of the following people:
<p>
<box bdwidth=1 bdcolor="#a5a095" bdspace=10 bgcolor="#e5e0d5">
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
<person1 "Christoph Schug" "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" "developer, <b>project
mentor</b>">
<person1 "Thomas Lotterer" "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" "developer">
<person1 "Michael Schloh" "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" "developer">
+ <person1 "Herbert Schmid" "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" "developer">
</table>
</box>
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@
</box>
<p>
-Excuse us, if your name is ungracefully still missing here, please. Just
+Please excuse us if your name is ungracefully missing from the list. Just
drop <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> a note and you will
be added to this list if you deserve the credit.
@@ -153,9 +154,9 @@
</box>
# <h2>The Community</h2>
-#
+#
# The following companies are known to successfully use OpenPKG:
-#
+#
# <p>
# <ul>
# <li><a href="http://www.cw.com/";>Cable & Wireless (C&W)</a>
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