[OpenIndiana-discuss] The Illumos pkgsrc project

[Mads Worsøe Duun]

*The Illumos pkgsrc project*

I have created Illumos pkgsrc project at
http://www.illumos.org/projects/worsoe.

The is about making NetBSD's pkgsrc http://www.pkgsrc.org shine on
Illumos/Openindiana. Pkgsrc already work on Illumos/Openindiana, but really
need some love to make it shine. Below are some ideas of what is needed:

*Script to bootstrap pkgsrc under Illumos/Openindiana (WIP)*
I already have a script to bootstrap pkgsrc, but some of it need to be
rewritten. It also need some more testing.

*Pkgsrc patches for Solaris/Illumos pkgsrc*
A lot of packages will not build, or do not work very well on
Illumos/Openindiana, so patches need to be written. This is probably the
most needed and demanding task. Therefore I call for volunteers to help with
this. For commiting patches to pkgsrc, we can do one of too things:

1. Commit the patches to the official pkgsrc repo.
2. Host our own repo, wich is in sync with the official repo

With the second solution, we can have patches committed faster.

*Pkgsrc2ips script*
Develop a script to convert pkgsrc to IPS packages. Creation of SVR4
packages is not needed, as a utility for this already exist in pkgsrc.

*Build bulk*
Creation of a build bulk system, to create binary packages (we also need a
host to provide binaries).

More to come...

Looking forward to hear from people who is interested, and want to help.

Regards,
Mads Worsøe Duun