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From: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com>
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	Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: RE: BSD software [was Re: The Bazaar part II]
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	>	Take a look at the packages collection, these are prebuilt
binaries
	> based on the ports collection.
Ok, maybe I'm just not clear enough. I know about the ports collections. I
use it religiously. But, there has to be apps for freeBSD that exist outside
of the ports collections. My favorite mail app from Linux doesn't exist
anywhere on a FreeBSD, not in the ports not in the packages. But, the Home
page of the apps suggested that it has be compile against FreeBSD. So, I
download the source and compiled it for FBSD. I'm just suggesting a FreeBSD
centric site that includes such apps that aren't found anywhere on
FreeBSD.org in a binary and source package - not necessarily a FreeBSD
package, maybe just a binary tar.

I think were arguing for the same thing but with different formats.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joseph Scott [SMTP:joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 16, 1999 3:50 PM
> To:	Person, Roderick
> Cc:	'Haikal Saadh'; Chris Coleman; advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	Re: BSD software [was Re: The Bazaar part II]
> 
> 
> "Person, Roderick" wrote:
> > 
> > I would say you need to spawn a site off either, but there need to be
> more
> > sites. People want choices variety. People are greedy and want to be
> able to
> > sustain that greed whether it's for food, knowledge, money or what have
> you.
> > 
> > I would be leery of a daemon news/ freshmet venture, it could do more
> harm
> > then good making FreeBSD just another Linux Distro.
> 
> 	I wasn't really thinking of a joint venture so much as a site in the
> same vain as freshmeat.net ( vain != design ) for the ports/packages
> collection.
> 
> > 
> > Look at this site http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~conradp/linux/test.html .
> > Every link here is Linux. Linux Magazines, Clothing tons and tons of
> Linux
> > only stuff. This is what I mean by need more web sites, more diversity
> in
> > the sites. The Ports Tree is a wonderful thing, but if you want to take
> the
> > FreeBSD market where the Linux market is the more pre-compile binaries
> need
> > to be available. Not everyone wants to download the entire ports
> collection
> > and do builds via a network connections. It all depends on what market
> your
> > targeting what type of additions need to be made. Myself I like the
> world
> > domination scope of attack.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Joseph Scott
> joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu
> Office Of Water Programs - CSU Sacramento


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