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Server: cvs.openpkg.org Name: Ralf S. Engelschall
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http://www.openpkg.org/ -- Munich, DE -- February 25, 2004 -- The
OpenPKG project is proud to announce version 2.0 of its OpenPKG
- software. Well known by vigilant Unix system administrators, OpenPKG
- is the world leading instrument for deployment and maintenance of Open
- Source software when administration crosses Unix platform boundaries.
- The unique OpenPKG architecture leverages proven technologies like
- Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) to establish a unified administration
+ software, another evolutionary step after a series of four
+ predecessors. Much valued by IT decision makers and beloved by Unix
+ system administrators, OpenPKG is the world leading instrument for
+ deployment and maintenance of Open Source software when administration
+ crosses Unix platform boundaries. The unique OpenPKG architecture
+ leverages proven technologies like Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) and
+ OSSP and GNU components to establish a unified software administration
environment, independent of the underlying operating system.
NEW IN VERSION 2.0
- After a series of four 1.x releases over the last three years, this is
- another major release shifting OpenPKG to the next stage.
+ OpenPKG platform support has doubled and OpenPKG 2.0 is now available
+ for 16 different Unix flavors. Most notably, it is supported on
+ FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.2, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
+ 3, Red Hat Fedora Core 1, SuSE Linux 9.0, and Sun Solaris 8 and 9.
+ Additionally, all CORE and the vast majority of BASE class packages
+ are already available for the tentative platforms Debian GNU/Linux
+ 3.1, Gentoo Linux 1.4.3, Sun Solaris 10 and still available for the
+ obsoleted platforms Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Red Hat Linux 9, SuSE Linux
+ 8.2, and Sun Solaris 2.6.
- OpenPKG 2.0 is now available for 16 different Unix platforms, most
- notably for the 8 fully supported platforms FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.2,
- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Fedora Core 1,
- SuSE Linux 9.0, and Sun Solaris 8 and 9. Additionally, all CORE (and
- mostly all BASE) class packages are additionally available for both
- the still tentative platforms Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, Gentoo Linux 1.4,
- Sun Solaris 10 and the already obsoleted platforms Debian GNU/Linux
- 2.2, Red Hat Linux 9, SuSE Linux 8.2, and Sun Solaris 2.6.
-
Since the previous release a half year ago, the OpenPKG package
- repository has again grown by more than 15%. A subset of 700 packages
- were selected for inclusion into the OpenPKG 2.0 release, including
- proven versions of popular Open Source Unix software like Apache,
- BIND, GCC, INN, MySQL, OpenSSH, PostgreSQL, Samba, Squid, and Vim.
-
- [... outdated NEWS: one paragraph line, one rc ...]
-
- Finally, the essential bootstrapping package was functionally
- enhanced, reduced in distribution size, made more robust and its
- system requirements were relaxed even further.
+ repository has again grown by 20%. A subset of 473 packages were
+ carefully selected for inclusion into the OpenPKG 2.0 release,
+ including latest versions of popular Open Source Unix software
+ like Apache, Bash, BIND, GCC, INN, MySQL, OpenSSH, Perl, Postfix,
+ PostgreSQL, Samba, Squid, and Vim.
+
+ The major technical efforts for this release were spent on the
+ RPM-based OpenPKG packaging framework. The most prominent change
+ is the upgrade from RPM 4.0.2 to RPM 4.2.1 which contributes over
+ three years of development, including support for concurrent package
+ database operations and transactional safety. On top of this OpenPKG
+ greatly enhanced RPM's portability and added tools for improved RPM
+ database maintenance and troubleshooting.
+
+ The complete packaging was revamped to use GNU shtool's new platform
+ identification. This allows both product and technology recognition in
+ order to enable unambiguous naming and more accurate packaging.
+
+ Finally, OpenPKG extended the RPM capabilities by adding specification
+ headers and sections to allow even more complete packaging, including
+ package classification and automated vendor source tracking. To allow
+ enterprise grade deployment and inventory integration, OpenPKG 2.0
+ provides ISO/IEC 11578:1996 compliant Universally Unique Identifiers
+ (UUID) for reasonable OpenPKG instance identification.
+
+ VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY
+
+ OpenPKG has been tremendously helpful in our efforts to make
+ Open Source software available to the entire campus.
+ -- Dennis McRitchie, Princeton University.
+
+ Deployment of the OpenPKG infrastructure on a fleet of Sun
+ Solaris machines has allowed our organization to migrate
+ away from a convoluted, out-of-date, shared NFS directory
+ to a cleanly managed and easily upgraded package system.
+ This is light-years ahead of any vendor alternative from Sun.
+ -- Matt Hoosier, Kansas State University.
+
+ OpenPKG has proven itself time and time again as an excellent base
+ for the Kolab E-mail server. Nowhere else can one deploy such a
+ rich set of applications, so consistently, across so many different
+ platforms. The ability to move between different Unix platforms and
+ GNU/Linux distributions while maintaining a consistent, high quality,
+ environment is an invaluable tool for any administrator. OpenPKG is
+ a natural choice for any organization or Free Software project that
+ need to support various applications on a plethora of Unix systems.
+ -- Stephan Buys, Code Fusion.
+
+ I would like to see every Unix operating system make use of this
+ approach so that installation and upgrade of software finally lose
+ the aura of magic and adventure.
+ -- Christian Reiber, Zeppelin.
+
+ We are moving all our internal and customer's systems to OpenPKG
+ which has simplified our development and support.
+ -- Bill Campbell, Celestial Software.
HIGHLIGHTS OF OPENPKG
- * Portable across major Unix platforms.
- * Available for 8 fully supported platforms:
+ * Portable across major Unix flavors.
+ * Available for the supported platforms:
FreeBSD 4.9/5.2, Debian Linux 3.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3,
Red Hat Fedora Core 1, SuSE Linux 9.0 and Solaris 8 and 9.
- * Already available for 3 tentative platforms:
- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, Gentoo Linux 1.4, Sun Solaris 10
- * Still available for 4 obsoleted platforms:
- Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Red Hat Linux 9, SuSE Linux 8.2, and
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- * Entirely based on Open Source Software technology.
+ * Already available for the tentative platforms:
+ Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, Gentoo Linux 1.4.3, Sun Solaris 10.
+ * Still available for the obsoleted platforms:
+ Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Red Hat Linux 9, SuSE Linux 8.2,
+ and Sun Solaris 2.6.
+ * Entirely based on Open Source software technology.
* Minimum operating system intrusion and dependency.
* Minimum overhead in software packaging.
- * Sources of more than 500 CORE+BASE+PLUS packages released.
- * Binaries of CORE+BASE packages provided for fully supported platforms.
- * Binaries of CORE packages provided for all supported platforms.
+ * Sources of 473 CORE+BASE+PLUS packages released.
+ * Binaries of CORE+BASE class packages provided for supported platforms.
+ * Binaries of CORE class packages provided for all platforms.
* Easy installation, updating and deinstallation of packages.
* Bundled with useful and secure package preconfigurations.
* Includes an abstracted and powerful run-command facility.
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by its original developers and volunteer contributors.
OpenPKG is the brainchild of Ralf S. Engelschall, principal author of
- numerous other popular Open Source Software technologies like Apache
- SSL/TLS Engine (mod_ssl), Apache URL Rewriting Engine (mod_rewrite),
- GNU Portable Threads (Pth), GNU Portable Shell Tool (Shtool), Website
- META Language (WML) and more.
+ numerous other popular Open Source Software technologies like OSSP
+ components, Apache SSL/TLS Engine (mod_ssl), Apache URL Rewriting
+ Engine (mod_rewrite), GNU Portable Threads (Pth), GNU Portable Shell
+ Tool (Shtool), Website META Language (WML) and more.
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