[indiana-discuss] Project StarGazer: The Largest Software Repository for OpenSolaris Distros

[Michal Bielicki]

On 18 May 2008, at 16:15, Ken Mays wrote:

> The current large software repositories for OpenSolaris package  
> software are:
> 1. Blastwave CSW (pkg-get)
> 2. Nexenta APT (apt-get, apt.nexenta.org)
> 3. NetBSD pkgsrc
> 4. Sunfreeware (Companion DVD)
> 5. SFE Repository - Extras
> 6. Sun's IPS depot server (pkg.opensolaris.org)
> 7. Others
>
> Other binaries provides by the larger alternative distros: BeleniX,  
> Nexenta
>
> Blastwave supports a large infrastructure for building packages for  
> a variety of Solaris/OpenSolaris-based  platforms. If you are  
> looking for the latest Blastwave packages, you can review the  
> UNSTABLE tree at the link below.
>
> Blastwave IPS depot server:
> ---------------------------------
> http://blastwave.network.com:10000
>
> Blastwave CSW Unstable:
> ------------------------------
> http://blastwave.network.com/csw/unstable/i386/5.8
>
> Blastwave CSW Stable:
> ---------------------------
> http://blastwave.network.com/csw/stable/i386/5.8
>
> Project StarGazer is not about "one" single repository in a sense -  
> but a "system of repositories" that make up larger systems as in  
> relation to star clusters. One IPS depot might create and test GNOME  
> packages while another focuses on OpenOffice packages - while  
> another IPS depot server focuses on building Solaris/OpenSolaris  
> "core" system packages.
>
> Being compliant and/or compatible to "the reference distro" means  
> all of the those IPS depot server packages must be tested to work or  
> not work with the OpenSolaris 2008.05 distro as a baseline. This  
> helps the 'higher echelons' of package management manage packages  
> across the OpenSolaris distros 'in the wild' - by a test reference  
> standard (whatever that may be in the future).
>
> Large software packaging companies and organizations like Blastwave,  
> Nexenta, NetBSD, Sunfreeware, and others are in good positions to  
> provide end users with open source software on a large scale. But  
> unless these software packaging companies work together at some  
> level, the 'system' will start to collapse if we continue in old  
> school 'black hole' methodologies and mindshare.
>
> ~ Ken Mays
> --
>
>

How do you envision the 'connected' part ? Lets assume for a sec I wrk  
on a SFE repo, plus a specialised repo for voice, voip and telephony  
applications. How would I interconnect with the rest ?

Michal Bielicki
OpenSolaris Core Contributor
Software Porters Community Leader