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

[Deano]

Hi Colin,

 

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?

I know that will not please everything, but should be easier to maintain
whilst getting the system in place?

 

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?

 

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?).

 

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.

 

Just my 2 pence.

Deano

 

From: Colin Ellis [mailto:panamayacht at gmail.com] 
Sent: 20 January 2011 21:10
To: oi-dev at openindiana.org
Subject: [oi-dev] Proposal: OpenIndiana Stable Branch - A package list

 

Hi all,

I've compiled a package list incorporating the ones from Alasdairrr's email
with some of the ones I feel are must-haves in order to serve anything
internet-related.  I've taken the time to list the latest stable source code
release version along with latest package versions for Fedora 14, debian
Lenny, OI 148, and where possible the latest in SFW upstream from Oracle.

My feeling is that we can do better than oracle in some of these packages
without too much work.  It will make us more marketable if we were up to
date at least with apache, mysql, php, bind9 and sendmail.  If we don't want
to release them as stable then i'd be happy to look after another
consolidation of these updated packages.

Ubuntu created a great following very quickly by being more up to date than
debian (not difficult!).  I believe that we can do the same and be better
for some applications than solaris 11.

Please comment and add your own must-have packages.

/Colin

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