[OpenIndiana-discuss] Package lists

[Hillel Lubman]

There used to be a "wanted" lis on genunix for software which was missing
from OpenSolaris, but was considered useful for different purposes (to
encourage someone to port/package it). May be you can make a section on Wiki
with wanted packages (with different subsections like desktop/server/system
tools/games etc.)?

Regards,

Hillel.

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Alasdair Lumsden <alasdairrr at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> This is absolutely fantastic work - thanks to everyone who has contributed
> to it :)
>
> This is going to be very very helpful in guiding the future direction of OI
> from a packaging/software standpoint.
>
> The next step is to split packages into:
>
> 1. Packages we have but that should be updated to a newer version
> 2. Packages we are missing, but want to add within 3 months
> 3. Packages we are missing, but want to add within 6-12 months
>
> Then the rest can be considered packages that are nice to have, or not
> wanted/needed.
>
> This will then allow us to focus on getting those packages added, and serve
> as a method of distributing the work. Guido (gber) is doing some great work
> with regards to an extras consolidation for this software to live in:
>
> http://wiki.openindiana.org/display/~guido/OI+Extra+Consolidation<http://wiki.openindiana.org/display/%7Eguido/OI+Extra+Consolidation>
>
> If anyone is interested in helping him with this please get in touch.
>
> We can also provide zones on fast boxes for building if anyone wants to
> assist.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alasdair
>