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Date:      Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:42:46 -0800
From:      Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>
To:        Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com>
Cc:        Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>, The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org>, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>, Eric Melville <eric@FreeBSD.ORG>, binup@FreeBSD.ORG, libh@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: current project steps 
Message-ID:  <2314.1004298166@winston.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com>  of "Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:23:14 GMT." <361480000.1004271794@lobster.originative.co.uk> 

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> If libh is an installation tool then it shouldn't be concerned with package
> formats.

Ah, here's at least a fundamental misconception we can perhaps
address.  libh is far more than an installation tool, it's also a
replacement for the package tools - that's why it's called "libh" and
not simply sysinstalljr or something.

A proper installation tool, aided by reasonably intelligent packages
which also know how to configure themselves, depends heavily on the
model of having the packages do most of the work, the installation
tool being little more than bootstrapping code and a specialized
execution environment for the package extraction mechanism.

Those who are thinking of libh as a single program or mechanism just
haven't looked at it deeply enough or read its design specs.  It's a
collection of tools aimed at solving a much greater set of problems.
Than just installation or packaging.

- Jordan



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