Terms:
PMS: Package management system for an OS. ex, rpm,SVR4,inst,lpp,MSI and swdepot.
1PMS : Using one PMS across OS platform using same pkg format and same PMS
tool.
See R2 for details.
HPMS : Using One Hyper PMS to create/interact with local PMS(rpm,SVR4,swdepot
...)
to deploy and manage common software across OS platform. See R3 for
details.
I am under the outdated impression of OpenSolaris IPS project was aimed to
update old SVR4 PMS for Solaris OS only.
I am excited to see words like "cross OS platform", "multiplatform packaging
capabilities" in R1 and R5.
so following is my comments about cross-platform application management(R4) and
question about where IPS project is heading.
Question 1: Will IPS become a 1PMS or a HPMS ?
ie, Will I see SVR4 format software package on RH Linux,HP-Ux ...etc ?
>From R5, Overview, following line
>(namely IPS client and minimized python) in IPS package form so that they're
>installed/updated/managed as IPS packages on all supported platforms.
So the answer for my question 1 is, Yes, IPS will be like openpkg to use one
pms and package will be SVR4 form even on Mac OS X or MS Windows.
Is my understanding correct ?
Question 2: Will IPS reuse some of TWW's tool if going toward HPMS ?
TWW tools has tools to handle software lifecycle across OS platforms using
sb: software building, compiling.
pb: software package building
pkgutils: pkg-inst,pkg-rm,pkg-info for install, remove and query pkg info.
Regards
T.J. Yang
R1: http://opensolaris.org/sc/src/pkg/gate/doc/one-pager-main.txt
R2: http://www.openpkg.org
R3: http://www.thewrittenword.com
R4: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/CPAM_with_TWW
R5: http://wiki.updatecenter.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=UC20FSD.IPSEnhancements
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