Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:14:22 -0500 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering Message-ID: <1794EE8F-CA79-4D80-ACA2-0D2EFE814B5F@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <4753A48E.6000000@gmail.com> References: <4752827F.20902@gmail.com> <D4CB2E15-D7A1-4EA6-BE7D-B5D4073A4FF8@energyhq.be> <4753A48E.6000000@gmail.com>
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On Dec 3, 2007, at 1:39 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > I am purposelly not looking at any previous solutions right now... If > and when it is determined that changes to the current system are > needed I will look at them then for ideas of what has not worked. > (like the Internet or other large complex systems we don't know "how" > to make it we only know what doesn't work) Take a look at MacPorts and see how they install + activate software and run away as fast as you can. It makes life very hard for upgrades, etc.
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