hi On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Praveen Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: > >> Greetings Praveen, >> >> The best way for you to get involved is to join >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, Shawn - > > Thanks for the pointer the pkgbuild-sfe-devel list. I am a bit confused > now. Is pkgbuild used to generate IPS packages, or is it a mechanism to > generate the old Solaris SVr4 packages? Neither pkgbuild about page[1] > nor SFE page[2] talk about IPS. The IPS for developers page[3] doesn't > talk about pkgbuild. Does pkgbuild have connection with pkg.opensolaris.org?
IPS support is wip, note that you can send svr packages to IPS tho > >> Welcome, and do let us know if you have any specific feedback about >> the package manager. > > Coming from Debian apt background, there are few things that I like > about pkg and few things that I don't. Probably the things that I don't > like are going to change as pkg matures over time. So, I am not gonna > complain much at this point. > > Also adding packages to IPS page[4] says that interested contributors > should mail this list and someone is going to approve and give > additional details. Is it going to happen in this list or should I ask > for approval on pkgbuild-sfe-devel list? I am sorry if I am asking too > much too early. You can ask for approval on desktop-discuss or pkgbuild-sfe-devel too. (you will need sf.net account, and send your username) laca will decide :) > > [1] - http://pkgbuild.sourceforge.net/intro.php > [2] - http://pkgbuild.sourceforge.net/spec-files-extra/ > [3] - http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/ipsdev.html > [4] - http://opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg/add_package/ > > Thanks - > Praveen > > > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss > -- Andy http://blog.sartek.net _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
