Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:58:36 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ too big? Message-ID: <20000213195836.A61778@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002131929550.33194-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>; from kris@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 07:32:37PM -0800 References: <00021223272001.02765@nomad.dataplex.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002131929550.33194-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 07:32:37PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > [[ ... ]] > > 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. > What you say here, Kris, --and Chuck too, IIRC-- about sums it up. I can see the potential problem, so maybe the thing for you to do, Richard, is cobble together a script. In fact, with all the hours this discussion has taken, you could've probably written it. And yup, whoever sees a problem is the one who should come up with a reasonable solution. gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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