[gnu-sol-discuss] Re: [sfwnv-discuss] Open Source software and OpenSolaris. What is the deal?

[Laszlo (Laca) Peter]

On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 19:58 -0700, Mike Kupfer wrote:
> 
> jek3> I think the concept of CCD is simply bad.  We should not be
> jek3> providing a recompilation and packaging service. We should be
> jek3> providing assistance to the ultimate code maintainers to provide
> jek3> Solaris "packages" just like they provide RPMs (or whatever) for
> jek3> Linux. Let's turn our "recompile" junkies into "Solaris
> Packaging
> jek3> Evangelists" (easier said than done - different skill set - but
> jek3> hopefully you get the idea).
> 
> The upstream maintainers will need Solaris boxes (SPARC and x86) in
> order to produce Solaris packages.  I'm skeptical that they will be
> enthusiastic about this.

Not only that, but if the packages are built and maintained
separately, it'll be difficult to find them and will be unlikely
to work together.  Let's keep in mind that many of the packages
we talk about break interfaces in the blink of an eye.

Laca