On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Rob McMahon <rob.mcma...@warwick.ac.uk> wrote: > So, let's get positive here. Where do we get started to form a Community > Distro, based on the latest sources including IPS. Not a cut down version, > or replacing the userland (no offence there, that's good work too), just a > take on Solaris Next based on the latest available bits. We have Rich > Lowe's work for starters, but I wouldn't know how to take that and form a > repository. Can we talk about this and get something started ? >
Great, this is the first step that we should be taking. Taking the available sources and using tools like Distro Constructor etc. to create something as a common base. There are several things involved to get a complete source-built distro. Existing docs are not fully adequate. I can come up with an initial set of instructions on the first steps involved and get it reviewed with Joerg. In addition I will need to update my ON auto-builder utility for recent release drops. In short basic things to be built include: ON itself Math library Mozilla NSS, NSPR (I have build scripts for these) X11 Devpro Tools SFW G11n repos JDS Man pages Binary things that need replacing: i18n libc support NFS lock manager etc. Kernel crypto stuff A few utilities A few drivers Regards, Moinak. -- ================================ http://www.belenix.org/ http://moinakg.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
