Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:40:23 -0500 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> To: freebsd-binup@freebsd.org Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Matt Piechota <piechota@argolis.org>, Jay Keller <jaykeller4@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: OT: package management (was: Re: Updating ssh) Message-ID: <20011130204022.GA581@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20011130151834.Q40720-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011129145159.00afd050@localhost> <20011130151834.Q40720-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org>
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--1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [I should have moved this to -binup some time ago, but here we go.] On Ven nov 30, 2001 at 03:19:24pm -0500, Matt Piechota wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Brett Glass wrote: >=20 > > >And there is a solution: we have a package management suite, we should > > >use it to package the base system. > > > > I really do like this idea. >=20 > I don't know if we'd want to do the entire system this way, but the more > optional stuff would be nice (named, sendmail, etc). On the contrary, I think the whole system should be this way. A few advantages: 1- transparancy: we have a single install procedure for 3rd party and base apps 2- consistency: we can check the consistency of the system using the package's checksums 3- ease of upgrade: binary upgrade become a trivial matter 4- external distribution: seperate binary packages allow us to distribute stuff such as ftpd as seperate distinct packages Any disavantages? a. --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Pour information voir http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjwH7rUACgkQttcWHAnWiGebPACfb/P6Q7u1Egcq/ApiJlVPRabH POcAoKLei8svmOEvqzGgJ8F4PEn0iebL =tfPv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-binup" in the body of the message
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