[csw-users] New project: JPack - install your software easily

[Jens Langner]

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Hi Jose,

Jose Luis Marín Español schrieb:

>> One question, though: is there any reason why
>> configuration can't be similar to Synaptic -- where you add
>> repositories to an overall config, and all packages from all
>> repositories are shown together in the same "available" list?
> 
> I think most Solaris admins will agree that what we *really* need is a good
> dependency/conflict resolution infrastructure a la Debian apt. I know, I know, this
> might be way out of scope of this particular project which is just a GUI front-end like
> Synaptic.  But anyway I had to say it.  It's just that Solaris is such a great kernel and OS,
> but package management (let's not talk about patch management) is terrible, Debian is
> light years away.  And it's not so much the dpkg format, it's APT.
> 
> Blastwave is a small step in the right direction, and that's why it's so popular.  Nexenta
> is a more radical aproach, because they throw away the user-space Solaris apps and replace
> them with the GNU ones.  Many of us would like the OpenSolaris guys to just adopt a packaging
> format (don't care which) which allows introducing a proper dependency/conflict resolution
> system (apt or similar).

Just want to support your feelings here. I also find the standard
Solaris package management cumbersome, ancient and outdated.
Unfortunatley the very same applies for the patch management which
didn't only change its names a hundred times (patchpro, smpatch, update
manager, etc) but is also prone to be called 'ancient' in the way
patches are managed - However, forunately the free "Patch Check
Advanced" tool solves most of the issue
(http://www.par.univie.ac.at/solaris/pca/).

No matter what, I also deeply feel that Solaris requires a complete new
package management approach as the current one is far from being
perfect, fast or convienent in any way.

And sorry, this shouldn't be a rant aswell, but the whole Solaris
package/patch management had caused me headaches way too much in the past :)

cheers,
jens
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Jens Langner                                         Ph: +49-351-2602757
Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.
Institute of Radiopharmacy - PET Center                 J.Langner at fzd.de
Germany                                               http://www.fzd.de/
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