cheeky wrote:
>>> i. When will the split of SUNWxwplt be visible in the source drop?
>
>> I haven't been including the package definitions for packages that
>> contain only non-open binaries, so SUNWxwplt and the new SUNWxsun-*
>> packages aren't included in any of the source drops. Is there a
>> use to seeing the packaging definition files of packages you can't
>> build the binaries for?
>
> No, you're right there isn't a use for seeing the packaging definition files
> of packages I can't build binaries for. The change log for build 43 lead me
> to believe that the source code files/patches/etc that are required to build
> the SUNWxwplt package had been released but hadn't made it into the source
> drop for build 43. Currently without the libraries provided by the
> SUNWxwplt package you can't really do anything interesting with X for
> example, run applications like Adobe Acrobat. When will the sources to those
> libraries get released on CDDL/OBL or some license where I can build all the
> libraries belonging to SUNWxwplt.
It's being worked on, but will take at least a few more months to get
the sources all moved to the latest open source releases and verify we've
released all the Sun-specific changes that we can.
>>> iii. What is the schedule for other packages to be released into the source
>>> drop? eg: SUNWxwrtl
>
>> SUNWxwrtl could be included at any time since it's simply symlinks,
>> and no actual files - I just hadn't considered it. I don't have
>> a schedule for any others - it's been a "as time allows" project.
>> Is there something specific you're looking for?
>
> Yes, I'm looking for SUNWxwrtl and SUNWmfrun (motif), any ideas when will
> they be released on CDDL/OBL?
Motif is part of the CDE consolidation, for which there are no plans to
release at this time. If you are building a pure OpenSolaris release,
you may be able to use OpenMotif, which is under a strange "it's open
source only on open source OS'es" license.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
