On 02/11/2007, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:58:53AM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > Not true: OpenSolaris is not even a complete basic OS. > > This has been a nagging concern for me for some time. > > I find it somewhat uncomfortable that OpenSolaris (or rather, ON) is not > self-hosting. > > The compiler isn't a big issue for me, but the contents of closed/ and > SUNWonbld definitely are; for one our codebase is somewhat of a lame > horse without them and for two it's a PITA to have to check for new > versions before building anything. > > Questions: > > 1) Why isn't SUNWonbld in hg? [For instance, the ctf* tools are already > in hg, so why aren't they just built as a build tool?]
I think it is; look at the onnv-scm repository. Because of the tools work I just don't think it has made it into the main gate yet. > 2) Is there any mileage in cleanrooming the contents of closed/ (and > anything in SUNWonbld that can't be opened now) ? What's closed in SUNWonbld. I'm not aware of anything personally. > 3) If so, how do I help or get this started? [I obviously need someone > with the sources, so it's no use telling me to just get started] Join [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
