[oi-dev] Proposal: OpenIndiana Stable Branch - A package list (Deano)

[Gary Gendel]

I think we need as rich a repository as possible.  However, that will be 
an infeasible task given the limited resources.  So, the most likely 
thing would be to prioritize the list, not by the wishes of the few, but 
by market share (if that is even obtainable).

That said, if someone needs something for themselves, it would be great 
if they would submit a package for all of us.

So, I propose the following...  Someone create a virtualbox image 
complete with our application development platform that can help 
simplify the entry learning curve.  I, for one, would love to contribute 
packages if it was make easy.  Of course along with the environment we 
need a "Hello World" and more complicated development tutorials.  My 
feeling is that with this approach, the number of contributors might 
swell and lighten the burden of the die-hard few.

Gary

On 1/21/11 7:00 AM, oi-dev-request at openindiana.org wrote:
> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:25:39 -0000
> From: "Deano"<deano at rattie.demon.co.uk>
> To: "'OpenIndiana Developer mailing list'"<oi-dev at openindiana.org>
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> Hi Colin,
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> Seems a good list, the only area I think we  might want to look at, is if we
> should try to remove  duplicates of an application area. As we are very
> short of resources and time for this first Stable Branch I think it might be
> better to just go for one of each application area?
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> I know that will not please everything, but should be easier to maintain
> whilst getting the system in place?
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> Not a mail person, so I'll skip that heated debate. I'd say mysql for sure,
> but do we need another database? Same with web servers, I'd say Apache for
> sure maybe drop lighttp?
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> I know this kind of of culling will cause lots of "But X is better" (I'm the
> same for web servers, I never use Apache, just Nginx) but may make it easier
> until we get more people on it? Perhaps simple based on popularity rather
> than personal choice (to make it easier to justify?).
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> Of course we might have enough to do more packages and I'm being pessimistic
> about how many we can 'afford' to have in the first Stable build.
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> Just my 2 pence.
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> Deano
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