[Pkgutil-users] pkgutil 1st b-day

[Peter B. <bon...@op...>]

Today it's one year since the first release of pkgutil. :-)

I hope it has served you well and that it will continue to do so. The
development is still in high gear and the todo list is long, no
shortage of ideas thanks to many of you contributing.

Things we, as a project, have accomplished in the first year:

- The code is GPL
- Project registered at Sourceforge,
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pkgutil. You can get the latest files
directly from SVN if you want to test the latest features. There's
also a bug tracker available.
- Project tracked at Ohloh, http://www.ohloh.net/p/pkgutil. Here you
can see some statistics about the pkgutil project. You can also
register as a user of pkgutil if you want.
- Wiki site, http://pkgutil.wikidot.com.
- Mailing list, http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pkgutil-users.

As you can see above my goal is to keep this project truly open.

Future enhancements may be:

- New catalog format
- Package split up into basic pkgutil with no dependencies and an
extension package which enhances the functionality. To start with,
bldcat and chkcat will be placed in the new package.
- More tools, e.g. a script to create the file structure needed to run a mirror
- Log of pkgutil actions
- Install packages from Sun DVD's

Don't hesitate to contact me with what you want to see in pkgutil. I
want to know what is important to you.

-- 
/peter