Latest announcements

The pkg-get Tool is deprecated (30 Dec 2011)

We just released an updated version of CSWpkgget that deprecates the pkg-get tool and pulls in pkgutil.  As many sites will have automation built around pkg-get, it is still possible to use the tool but steps will be required to do so.  Going forward, pkgutil is the supported OpenCSW package management tool.  All automation should [...]



Solaris 9 is now best effort (04 Nov 2011)

As Solaris 9 has now entered the Vintage/Extended support phase, future package updates and new packages will be done on a best effort basis. Each maintainer will be able to decide whether supporting Solaris 9 is something they are willing or able to do. We apologize if this causes you any inconvenience. (the original announcement [...]



Release Branches Adjusted (01 Nov 2011)

We’ve added a good amount of automation to the package release workflow over the last few months. Along with this, the release branches that you might know from previous years (“stable”, “current”, and “unstable”) have been slightly adjusted. Time for everyone not yet familiar with the changes to catch up. “unstable” is still the place [...]



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Activity overview

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Latest news

15 Jan Which catalog should I use?
27 Aug WeSunSolve.net: A Useful Solaris Community Resource
29 Sep Which CSW packages have been installed?
09 Sep New mirror in Sweden – SUNET
27 Jun GNOME refresh under way: want to help?
24 Mar A new mirror is available

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Releases and updates

04 Nov GCC-4.6.2 is available from unstable
The R Project is available
15 May pkgutil 2.4 released
15 Jan Perl 5.10.1 with new INC
25 Aug Adobe Reader available
13 Sep Security release – Firefox 3.0.14 is available
09 Sep Security release – Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 is available

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