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Server: cvs.openpkg.org Name: Ralf S. Engelschall
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - XX-Jan-2003
+ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 22-Jan-2003
The OpenPKG project releases version 1.2 of the
unique cross-platform software packaging facility.
- http://www.openpkg.org/ -- Munich, DE -- January XX, 2003 -- The
+ http://www.openpkg.org/ -- Munich, DE -- January 22, 2003 -- The
OpenPKG project is proud to announce version 1.2 of its OpenPKG
software. A flexible and powerful software packaging facility, OpenPKG
eases the cross-platform installation and administration of Unix
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on top of the operating system. With OpenPKG, a unique method of
cross-platform software deployment is taking form.
- Administrators using OpenPKG benefit from official support on FreeBSD
- 4.7 and 5.0, Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 and 3.0, and Sun Solaris 8 and 9.
- Thanks to its portable nature, other platforms with limited support
- include HP-UX, HP Tru64, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and RedHat Linux.
+ Administrators using OpenPKG 1.2 benefit from official support on
+ FreeBSD 4.7 and 5.0, Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 and 3.0, and Sun Solaris 8
+ and 9. Thanks to its portable nature, other platforms with limited
+ support include NetBSD, OpenBSD, RedHat Linux, HP-UX, and HP Tru64.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.2
- Compared with earlier releases, OpenPKG version 1.2 offers even more.
- The official OpenPKG repository has grown from 274 to include over 360
- released packages. Proven versions of popular software like Apache,
- BIND, GCC, GnuPG, MySQL, OpenSSH, Perl, Postfix, Samba and teTeX are
- available for easy installation. All packages are in top form after
- upgrades to new versions.
-
- Several new appealing features exist in OpenPKG version 1.2. A new
- approach for package option handling now allows for more flexibility,
- even while conforming to OpenPKG's consistency standards. An
- additional utility package eases maintenance of whole instances,
- and can especially be useful in updating packages with complex
- dependencies. A new faking syslog package allows an administrator to
- redirect log entries that would otherwise wind up in the system's
- generic syslog file. The Perl packages were reorganized and extended
- to maximize utility while avoiding conflicts. Lastly, a new automated
- version tracking system responds to the immediate release of new
- software. Often, an OpenPKG package often exists for release-grade
- software that is yet to be announced by the vendor.
+ Over the last 5 months, since the release of OpenPKG 1.1, the official
+ OpenPKG repository has grown from 320 to over 450 packages. From this
+ packaging pool 185 release-grade CORE and BASE classified packages
+ were carefully selected for inclusion into the official OpenPKG 1.2
+ release. These packages are fully supported on all of the above six
+ platforms, including full security tracking and updating until at
+ least two forthcoming releases are based on it.
+
+ An additional 176 PLUS classified packages were identified which are
+ provided for convinience reasons as an unsupported set of add-on
+ packages to OpenPKG 1.2. So, in total OpenPKG 1.2 consists of 361
+ released packages which include proven versions of popular Unix
+ software like Apache, BIND, GCC, GnuPG, MySQL, OpenSSH, Perl, Postfix,
+ Samba and teTeX -- all carefully packaged for easy deployment.
+
+ Additionally, several new appealing features are introduced with
+ OpenPKG 1.2. A new approach for package option handling now allows
+ flexibility and precise building and dependency tracking of package
+ build-time variations. The most prominent example is the "apache"
+ package, by default providing only a bare-bone Apache installation.
+ But through the simple specification of up to 44 build-time options
+ the administrator easily can build a fully customized variation which
+ could include mod_ssl, mod_php and more.
+
+ The packaging of the Perl was fully reorganized and extended to now
+ optionally provide 220 proven extension modules from CPAN, clustered
+ into 25 OpenPKG packages.
+
+ An additional utility package "openpkg-tool" eases maintenance of
+ whole OpenPKG instances, and can especially be useful in updating
+ packages with complex dependencies and used build options.
+
+ Finally, a new faking "syslog" package allows an administrator to
+ redirect log entries of lots of daemons that would otherwise wind up
+ in the generic syslog facility of the underlying operating system.
HIGHLIGHTS OF OPENPKG
- * Entirely based on Open Source technology.
- * Portable across all major Unix platforms.
+ * Entirely based on Open Source Software technology.
+ * Portable across mostly all major Unix platforms.
* Official support for FreeBSD 4/5, Debian 2/3 and Solaris 8/9.
* Minimum operating system intrusion.
* Minimum overhead in software packaging.
* Easy installation, updating and deinstallation of packages.
- * Over 360 released software packages available.
+ * Over 360 carefully selected and released packages available.
* Bundled with useful package preconfigurations.
* Support for multiple system instances.
* Support for proxy packages.
+ * Support for build-time variations of packages.
* Abstracted run-command facility.
ABOUT THE OPENPKG PROJECT
- OpenPKG is a software packaging facility for Unix computers, and targets
- the major server platforms FreeBSD, Linux and Solaris. While internally
- based on RPM version 4, OpenPKG is a self-contained system with minimal
- dependencies (no RPM preinstallation required) and installs itself by
- means of a tricky bootstrapping procedure. OpenPKG eases and controls
- the management of a large or diverse base of software across one or more
- of its supported platforms.
+ OpenPKG is a software packaging facility for Unix computers, and
+ targets the major server platforms FreeBSD, Linux and Solaris. While
+ internally based on RPM version 4, OpenPKG is a fully self-contained
+ system with minimal dependencies (no RPM preinstallation required)
+ and installs itself by means of a tricky bootstrapping procedure.
+ OpenPKG eases and controls the management of a large or diverse base
+ of software across one or more of its supported platforms.
OpenPKG is a project founded 2000 by Cable & Wireless Germany's Internet
Services division. In January 2002 it was released by Cable & Wireless
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