[OpenIndiana-discuss] Fwd: [oi-dev] [call for testing] KPTI images

[Priyadarshan]

On 2018-03-06 14:55, Till Wegmüller wrote:
> Hi and welcome in the community
> 
> 
> On 06.03.2018 14:48, Priyadarshan via openindiana-discuss wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you very much for the clarification.
>> 
>> I am coming from FreeBSD (since 2002, both on servers and 
>> workstations).
>> 
>> I am just getting my feet wet with openindiana.
>> 
>> I am studying Pro OpenSolaris, and getting to OpenSolaris Bible later,
>> having my first install on a ThinkPad W541. I must say, I was 
>> impressed
>> on how smooth and flawless the install was, in comparison to Win 10,
>> FreeBSD 11 or even Linux Mint.
>> 
>> From the overall feel of it I know this is home.
>> 
>> I would like very much to contribute some packages, when (if ever)  
>> I'll
>> have enough expertise.
> 
> If you are studying the books you will definately have enough 
> expertise.
> The Packaging is made with Custom makefiles based on the current
> solaris-gate.
> 
> You can find documentation here:
> https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Building+with+oi-userland
> 
> The Source here: https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland
> 
> 
>> As I understand, then, it would be better to contribute to openindiana
>> repositories, as found here:https://www.openindiana.org/packages/
>> 
>> When the time will come, would I be able to "pester" people on this
>> list, in regards to creating new packages? Or better the oi-dev list?
>> 
> 
> For packaging help you will definately get help on oi-dev. We also have
> irc channels on freenode if you prefer that.
> 
> Greetings
> Till


Thank you for the pointers, and the welcome.


Priyadarshan