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For the list of packages in question I must say I disagree in particular for Solaris 11. Why would you install from a source outside of Oracle when you can get those packages from the official Oracle IPS repository ? Yes, true, others may sometimes have a slighter newer version of a given product but for many sysadmins the 'officalness' of the source is important. And last time I checked OpenCSW didn't support IPS which makes them a bit old-school.

peterh
– peterh

2013-03-13 22:37:22 +00:00
Commented Mar 13, 2013 at 22:37
... and for Solaris 10 I would say it is a matter of taste since there's no longer an official source since Sun handed over the responsibility of the Companion Disk to SunFreeware. Packages on SunFreeware are (afaik) all made by a single guy which means the quality very consistent at the expense of a smaller cataloque than OpenCSW who use contributors. If you want to make something part of your default install across potentially hundreds of hosts in your organization then consistency is of importance. But again, many good things to say about OpenCSW so it probably comes down to taste.

peterh
– peterh

2013-03-13 22:45:27 +00:00
Commented Mar 13, 2013 at 22:45

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