On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 15:20 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > let me clarify a little bit on what GNU/Solaris distro is. > > Thank you! > > > > The idea behind it is simple: do not re-invent the wheel and try to > > re-use existing 17000 high quality Debian packages, Debian > > infrastracture(read Dpkg, APT repositories, Debootstraps, installation > > program, utilities, developer's policy and so on) and Debian developer's > > if you will. > > It depends on how we define "re-invent the wheel" > > I try to avoid to re-invent the wheel for SchilliX by not using a different > package system than the one used by Solaris and I don't try to replace > standard UNIX tools by GNU clones.
Well, this is the idea behind of GNU/Solaris: to be as much GNU centric as possible, but do not break sunw* core. GNU/Solaris trying to find gold middle and trying to do it right. > As a result of the missing pkg system, I need to wait and to create a simple > intermediate method for packaging. > In addition, I look at the quality of the debian packages and I see that > Debian publishes a version of cdrtools that is broken because of the patches > that are applied by Debian. For this reason, I believe that it may be similar > with other tools and the only way to have guaranteed quality is to create > your own compile environment for the free software you linke or need to > package > together with OpenSolaris. > > GNU/Solaris distribution uses OpenSolaris kernel and runtime(libc). So, > > it runs any existing Solaris software without modifications. > > In addition to that(and this is what differes it from SchiliX and > > BeliniX), it greatly simplifies porting effort for pure Linux > > applications and packages, since it provides real Debian environment. > > And how do you include these Debian packages? > If you put them into /usr/bin, you will overwrite existing standard UNIX tools > and then you will not be able to benefit from e.g. smf because you are forced > to use the "init" process that Debian uses on Linux. > > > > If you would like to get guest password and participate in further > > development you could send me a request e-mail. > > If you are willing to participate in further SchilliX development, I would > be happy to help your project too..... virtually, all our distros based on the same core bits - sunw*. We are planning quite a bit of work there. So, all these beginnings, (i.e. SchiliX, BeliniX) are very good for overall progress. After all, thanks to GPL/CDDL. It forces/stimulates developers to exchange patches between the projects. We will launch "pilot" GNU/Solaris developer's program by the end of this week. So, if you didn't get invitation yet, send e-mail to me, and hold your breath a little longer. Thank you. Erast _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
