[csw-pkgsubmissions] /newpkgs (current) dnstop, pcp

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi,

Am 19.02.2010 um 09:48 schrieb Peter Bonivart:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Philip Brown <phil at opencsw.org>  
> wrote:
>>> Since this is Solaris specific that was pretty easy - no one else  
>>> (BW,
>>> SFE, SFW) has it. So nothing to compare with. Except that the author
>>> himself calls it pcp.
>>
>> seems like that is good news, and bad news.
>> most of what we do, is provide "general packages, that solaris  
>> lacks".
>> That is to say, the majority of people using our packages, use them  
>> to
>> get stuff on solaris, that they are already used to having elsewhere.
>>
>> So seems to me, that the majority of people looking for "pcp", would
>> be expecting the more general interpretation, not the solaris  
>> specific
>> "php"
>
> But none of those have Performance Co-Pilot either so who knows what
> people are looking for?
>
> Performance Co-Pilot was started in 1998 and from 2003 it has been
> able to run on Solaris. Still no one has packaged it for Solaris and
> you're holding your breath about possible collision/confusion?
>
> PCP is Solaris specific and it's the first one to be packaged, isn't
> it logical that the second one will have to adjust? If it ever becomes
> an issue.

Ping? I just installed pcp and it works find. Could we please release  
it?
Personally I vote for having pcp as pcp and something other as
perfcp or similar.


Best regards

   -- Dago