Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 22:53:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Jaakko Salomaa <jsalomaa@saunalahti.fi>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909252252280.8132-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <37ECF0F4.2A30E31B@newsguy.com>
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On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > I don't see the huge benefit. > > That's because you are not a loser. Losers want plug-and-play. This > pkg_get is plug and play, pkg_add isn't. It doesn't, for instance, > automatically retrives a list of the packages available fromt he net > and show them to you. I need to check into this 'loser' thing, it sounds nice. I'd rather see pkg_add's functionality extended, then another program. -- - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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