Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know what package-level compatability you are talking about...
> Today, *Solaris software distributes in next ways:
>
> 1) source tarball
> 2) binary tarball
> 3) autoextracting scripts .sh
> 4) SVR4 packages
> 5) custom installers
>
> I think it will be unfortunate if SVR4 packaging will be a requirement
> for OpenSolaris compatability... Neither distribution vendors nor
> software vendors should not be forced by this. IMHO. If software vendor
> decides to release .deb packages for Nexenta GNU/Solaris, why not?
If a software vendor releases SVr4 packages for Solaris and you cannot
install these packages on Nexenta, I would call Nexenta non-Solaris compliant.
If a software vendor releases .deb packages only, they cannot be for Solaris
as the related packaging software is not part of the 'on-board software' on
Solaris.
Jörg
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