Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:18:37 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: f-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alternative options for ports Message-ID: <200410161318.41789.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20041015231420.GB11786@moo.holy.cow> References: <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <200410152156.16113.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20041015231420.GB11786@moo.holy.cow>
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--nextPart2653160.g714j1ZNdE Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 16 October 2004 01:14, Parv wrote: > I suppose i had to wade in sooner or later ... > > > in message <200410152156.16113.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>, > wrote Michael Nottebrock thusly... > > > On Friday 15 October 2004 16:15, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > I almost never use binary packages but build everything from > > > source. (I.e. I would probably barely notice if all binary > > > packages suddenly disappeared never to return.) > > Well, i certainly be mightily ticked off (due to lack of *some* of > the packages) when i lack the resources to build a humongous port > like Open Office. > > > I realise that there is a fraction of ports users which don't care > > about packages at all ... but they are not the primary target > > audience of ports, as I pointed out before. > > Michael N, do you imply in above quote that FreeBSD ports system's > main purpose is to provide packages? No, it's _one_ main purpose. Unlike portage or certain big rpm-based Linux= =20 distributions, freebsd ports does not lean towards either source or binary.= =20 This implies however both the package and 'the cd portdir; make; make=20 install' of installing a port need to be taken into consideration when=20 creating and maintaining a port. Packages are NOT a second class byproduct = of=20 ports which are nice when they are nice and if they're not, it doesn't matt= er=20 anyway. If the package of a certain port sucks, the port sucks, it's as=20 simple as that. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart2653160.g714j1ZNdE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.9.10 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBcQORXhc68WspdLARAo7hAJ4qJb4PsXShfvyYkcAtkMDuu5kE7gCfeDML zf+D4UWVgUEWW/2XhNpAuRE= =gXOf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2653160.g714j1ZNdE--
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