[indiana-discuss] [Fwd: [desktop-discuss] SFE binary packages for OpenSolaris]

[Stephen Hahn]

* Alvaro Lopez Ortega <alvaro at sun.com> [2007-12-13 18:16]:
> Think of this as the "familiarity problem" that Indiana is trying to
> address (the reason why IPS has been written in the first place), plus
> a missing functionality that impacts developers (who are an important
> target; aren't they?).

  To be clear, this is *not* the familiarity problem we were asked for.
  The familiarity problem is for users of a Unix-like system, not the
  developers of that system.  

  That said, I have always been willing to define and add the metadata
  necessary for one or multiple build systems to operate in complement
  with image packaging.  I am unwilling to take any other delivery
  requirements regarding software builds for this phase of the project.

  Recommended paths forwards are:
  
  - to engage on pkg-discuss if you have suggestions for metadata,

  - assist Laca, Petr, and others with pkgbuild to image packaging
    delivery, and/or

  - investigate use of fakeroot-like technology [1] to make pkgbuild come
    into compliance with SFW build engine requirements [2], so that
    SFW could use it as well.  (This would be a voluntary path to
    ubiquity, rather than a dictated one--even though I could write a
    much nastier build system than Alan C hypothesized...)

  Cheers
  Stephen

[1] http://alioth.debian.org/projects/fakeroot/

[2] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/sfwnv/Documents/Build_engine_policy/
 

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