[indiana-discuss] "Where do I download OpenSolaris" Ian Murdock

[Shawn Walker]

On 29/08/2007, Rene Cunningham <rene at terdmonk.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:27:54AM -0700, Ché Kristo wrote:
> > Agreed...there is work being done on the packaging system, take a look at the [u]Indiana Problem Statement[/u]: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/documents/problem_statement/ in particular. [u]3.2 Package Management[/u]. Although if you are looking at a build system see [u]PKG-5[/u].
>
> The URL provides a great read into what Indiana is aiming to achieve.
> Thanks for the link.
>
> Can i suggest that PKG-* mentions making the source of a package (where possible) available to the end user?
>
> This _could be_ something like what debian provides with `apt-get
> source` where the end user can easily obtain access to pristine upstream source plus
> debian changes and changelog for the package.

I'm not sure that fits with the comments made so far that indicate
that the new packaging solution being worked on will not provide a
build system.

That isn't to say that the source, etc. couldn't still be obtained via
a method you suggest, but it would not have the same result as an
srpm, or what apt-get does.

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