>Dennis Clarke wrote:
>
>> ...
>>
>>The following packages are available:
>>  1  BRCMbnx                              Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit
>>Ethernet Adapter Driver
>>                                          (i386) 11.11,REV=2007.06.01.10.25
>>  2  CADP160                              Adaptec Ultra160 SCSI Host Adapter
>>Driver
>>                                          (i386) 1.21,REV=2007.05.31.23.50
>>  3  HPFC                                 Agilent Fibre Channel HBA Driver
>>                                          (i386) 1.1.0,REV=2007.05.29.23.08
>>  4  IPLTadcon                            Administration Server Console
>>                                          (i386) 5.1,REV=2002.03.01.12.28
>>  5  IPLTadman                            Administration Server Documentation
>>                                          (i386) 5.1,REV=2002.03.01.12.28
>>  6  IPLTadmin                            Administration Server
>>                                          (i386) 5.1,REV=2002.03.01.12.29
>>  7  IPLTcadcon                           Administration Server Console
>>Simplified Chinese Localization
>>                                          (i386) 9.0,REV=2002.03.14.13.49
>>  8  IPLTcadman                           Administration Server
>>Documentation Simplified Chinese Localization
>>                                          (i386) 9.0,REV=2002.03.21.16.48
>>  9  IPLTcadmin                           Administration Server Simplified
>>Chinese Localization
>>                                          (i386) 9.0,REV=2002.03.14.13.49
>> 10  IPLTccons                            Console Client Base Simplified
>>Chinese Localization
>>                                          (i386) 9.0,REV=2002.03.14.13.49
>>
>>... 1809 more menu choices to follow;
>><RETURN> for more choices, <CTRL-D> to stop display.
>>  
>>
>
>That makes 1,819 reasons why we need a new method for package
>installation for [Open]Solaris.

Why?  How would you present the installation of that many packages?

I'm still not sure that the people who want to "solve packaging" have determined
what the right problem is to address.

It's the layer on top of the tools which is missing; rewriting the packaging
tools serves little purpose until we figure out what the layer on top
should look like and what functionality it needs.

Casper
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