One thing that I have been looking at is the creation of a GUI for pkg-get. The user base is split into three groups it seems; Windows users that want to click there way through everything, UNIX users that will use the command line with comfort and then Jedi-Master level people that can create their own OpenSolaris distro and package system. I think that embracing the first group with the help of the second group is a good approach. Let's all just keep the last group from getting annoyed with us while we do it :-)
In any case .. a simple GUI is required and I am looking at the JDK for this. Rec 1.1.8 actually. Because I know that anything written with that will work on Solaris 8 upwards. It just won't swing. Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 10/7/05, Albert White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Mersebak wrote: > > 2) The package system on Solaris is years behind the package systems > > from FreeBSD and Debian. Do the Solaris plan to evolve their package > > system, or will it remain in the current clumsy state ? > > > > 3) In my opinion Solaris would be superior to Debian and FreeBSD if it > > had a smarter package handling, and if it could be installed as a > > minimum system one could suit and build up by adding just the needed > > packages. > > > > 4) The Ultimate linux-killer would be if You could install and run > > Debian Linux packages with apt-get > > There are several bundles or clusters of software that you can select, you > dont need to install everything. Whether those clusters match users needs > is another discussion and one which has been touched on here before. With > jumpstart you can select or reject individual packages[1]. > > I have to ask what you mean by smarter package handling? > > From blog comments and emails I get the impression that people in general > dont think the SVR4 package and patch system is that bad. In fact I have > yet to hear any serious comments internally about what is wrong with the > architecture, even from those who want to change it. > > One thing that comes up every time packaging is discussed is why cant it be > > made more like apt-get or pkg-get. The specific requirement here seems to > be that people want to select a package for download or upgrade and have > the tool handle the requirements for them. pkg-get already implements this, > > and there has been discussion here in the past regarding how blastwave, > sunfreeware et. al. will progress with this approach. Solaris customers can > > use Sun Update Manager to get the latest patches from Sun, this too will > trundle off to the patch server, and sort out requirements. These > approaches work within the architecture. And the architecture then provides > > for things like Live Upgrade, Zones and Diskless clients to work. > > Having said all that I do think there is improvement needed in the tools. > > Cheers, > ~Al > > [1] http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5506/6mkv6ki6k?a=view > > -- > Albert White - Patch System Test - SUN Ireland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blogs.sun.com/albertw > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > -- Dennis Clarke Director and Admin for blastwave.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
