Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Assuming you mean the five I identified as planning (AFAICT)
> redistributable distros:
>
> Blastware
> JDS/GNOME + KDE
> Pkgsrc
> Portage
> SchilliX
>
> > ... have anything in common. The answer to that question should be the
> > focus of this discussion.
>
> The answer is that for all five there is nothing in common between
> their source package architecture designs. :-(
As I said before, I would be happy if there was exchange of know how
between the different source package systems.
> As for their binary package architecture/registries, SchilliX,
> Blastwave, and JDS have, or plan to have the same one; namely, the
> Solaris packaging standard (customized SVR4). Portage and Pkgsrc have
> their own design (but I should add that Portage provides a tool for
> converting to the Solaris package standard).
SchilliX currently uses tar archives for binary packages but the way to produce
them is close to the way SVR4 packages are created.
I would use pkgadd after it becomes freely distributable and there is a grant
that the source will be made available in the future. It makes no sense to
depend on freely distributable without the grant for getting the source.
This is for consistency and for the possibility to support new architectures
such as PPC.
P.S. Did I miss something with the JDS/GNOME + KDE distribution plans?
I did not see a connection between the plans for working on freely
distributable JDS GUI and a OpenSolaris distribution.Jörg
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