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
>
>
>
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