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Date:      Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:46:05 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>
Cc:        libh@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BOF at BSDCon: FreeBSD Installer, Packages System
Message-ID:  <39F86DDD.98678B9D@acm.org>
References:  <49568.972563794@winston.osd.bsdi.com>

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Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> Saying "well, you gotta build it from the port then" is to miss the
> whole point of ports/packages transparency and trying to make them 
> essentially equivalent as far as the end result is concerned.

On the other hand, saying that "you can do anything with a package
you can do with a port" is simple naivete.  People have tried
it, it doesn't really work, let's move on.

				- Tim


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