Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:47:46 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Roman Kennke <roman@ontographics.com> Cc: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> Subject: Re: RELEASE_X_Y_Z branches/tags maintained?? Message-ID: <20041025184746.GC95850@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <1098726535.672.4.camel@moonlight> References: <1098641975.705.10.camel@moonlight> <1098692436.666.17.camel@moonlight> <20041025083705.GA16273@anembo.nu.org> <1098697521.666.30.camel@moonlight> <20041025173456.GA95850@thought.org> <1098726535.672.4.camel@moonlight>
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:48:55PM +0200, Roman Kennke wrote: > Am Mo, den 25.10.2004 schrieb Gary Kline um 19:34: [[ ... ]] > > yeah I know, I have created a _few_ ports myself. > > > Once you've done a few ports--either your own hacking > > or someone else's--creating a port gets pretty easy. > > Takes a few hours/port/architecture. Before aiming for > > a separate project, it may pay to work within the ports > > group for awhile. > > I'm just thinking over some ideas. Another idea is to go with NetBSDs > pkgsrc instead, they also support FreeBSD and have a stable branch > (although this needs some work to be maintained). The wheel hasn't to be > reinvented X times ;-) > What would it take to port over NetBSD's pkgsrc system? Does it allow for automagic install of packages with dependencies? (For humongous ports like OO or Gnome or KDE... .) If you can find a site, go for it. Don't need to have everything in the tree, obviously. It might pay to write up some ideas in detail; then you'll have a better idea of which will work. Just a thought. ...EVen if your "bsdports.org" is the best idea of the century it's still going to take volunteers--that's what bites. (*sigh*) gary > > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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