From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Feb 13 19:32:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CAFC488C; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:32:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA33770; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:32:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:32:37 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway To: Richard Wackerbarth Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ too big? In-Reply-To: <00021223272001.02765@nomad.dataplex.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > And the only reason they so so is that "you" have not given them any other > choice. No, the reason is that "I" don't see the need for such a tool. > As for tools to maintain the repository, they already exist. (see rcs) > All it will take is a little script to run over the distribution repository and > purge as appropriate. I look forward to your PR containing said script. > Writing the script is MUCH easier than opening your eyes to the idea that there > might be a better way. It shouldn't take too long, then :-P > If FreeBSD is ever going to amount to much more than a few "hackers" > playing in their sandbox, there is going to have to be a less myopic > view of the needs of others. Right now, the prevaling attitude is > "I've got mine, to hell with the rest" and "NIH rules" No, FreeBSD is and always has been progressed by people who do the work to solve a problem. Expecting someone else to do the work for you is just not the way it works. Kris ---- "How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?" "Eight!" "That was a rhetorical question!" "Oh..then, seven!" -- Homer Simpson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message