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

[Jeppe Toustrup]

2010/10/23 Alasdair Lumsden <alasdairrr at gmail.com>:
> 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:

Wouldn't it be easier to just use DistroWatch's overview of the most
popular packages versions in each distribution?
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=openindiana
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=centos
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=redhat
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=freebsd
etc.

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Venlig hilsen / Kind regards
Jeppe Toustrup (aka. Tenzer)