OpenCSW

Solaris packages repository

[@[email protected] @lworonowicz]

I feel like I killed a family dog - had to decommison an old #Solaris server with uptime of 6519 days.

[Cu.be Solutions @cube_solutions]

We just added a mirror for LibreOffice, Mozilla and OpenCSW to our growing list. It's all about regional download speed. #opensourceworks

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

@F3TTT Solaris 10 update 8 is the lowest supported
https://t.co/2iFDjZLnPS

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

2015: we have not made progress on IPS since 2012.
http://t.co/CSwv5GzYyA

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

We maintain a list of mirrors and check their freshness:
https://t.co/0Ei1U9hKpr

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

When package promotion gets stuck
http://t.co/xqCaXoPp3c

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

Do we know which packages in our catalogs are old? Yes we do!
http://t.co/aruMXdqkDS

[Thomas Wagner @tomww]

Want F/OSS Packages on Solaris / OpenIndiana / OmniOS? Let's talk at #31C3

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

A Plea to Software Vendors from Sysadmins—10 Do's and Don'ts http://t.co/bzvA8aTMes

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

We've simplified our "Getting Started" page:
http://t.co/UAAJXMhIDy

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

Minimum libc version for CSW packages is 1.22.5, check with:
pvs -no /usr/lib/libc.so

[Heather Miller @heathercmiller]

Carved something scary into pumpkin cc/ @jamesiry @databricks (office jackolantern)

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

Is there a Solaris package you would like to have? Use this:
http://t.co/TPlJlHLTRs
…but keep in mind that OpenCSW is a volunteer effort.

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

We had a number of inactive maintainer accounts, and we've retired them.
http://t.co/0tpan9H4lx

[Matthew Green @matthew_d_green]

rm --hollywood-delete. Deletes a file line-by-line while the user looks on in horror.

[Mark Reinhold @mreinhold]

“… programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.” — Abelson & Sussman, http://t.co/MBIVzjjrX3

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

New stable release: bratislava
http://t.co/oCyvuI9i2J
contains patched bash package

[OpenCSW @opencsw]

Instead of correcting a misspelling character by character, change the entire word and re-type it.
http://t.co/scA7R29ZRO

[Command Line Magic @climagic]

iconv -f utf8 -t utf8//ignore < mostly_utf8_with_some_invalid_characters > utf8_offending_characters_removed # UTF8 sanitize. Thx @mvidner

[Maciej Bliziński @automaciej]

Happy SysAdmin Day!
http://t.co/OsPqiNj6iB
Look for “if they all took a lunch break at the same time”