[OpenIndiana-discuss] Fun Task - Comparing OI packages vs CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu etc

[Gordon Ross]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Alasdair Lumsden <alasdairrr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've got a fun task for someone who is looking to contribute to the project.
>
> It would be really useful to compare packages and versions between:
>
> OpenIndiana oi_147
> CentOS/RHEL 5.5 and 6
> Debian 5
> Ubuntu 10
> FreeBSD
>
> Doing this in a spreadsheet might be the easiest method. The "primary key" would be the software/package, so something like:
>
>
> Package | OI_147 | Deb 5 | RHEL 5.5 | RHEL 6 | Ubuntu 10
> --------------------------------------------------------
> PHP     | 5.2.12 | 5.2.8 | 5.1.6    | 5.3.?  | 5.3.2
> Exim    | n/a    | 4.72  | 4.63     | n/a    | 4.71
> ...

Here's a useful link for Ubuntu:  See this table:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Version_history_of_common_programs