Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 21:54:59 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <mmendez@energyhq.be> To: Aryeh M. Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering Message-ID: <D4CB2E15-D7A1-4EA6-BE7D-B5D4073A4FF8@energyhq.be> In-Reply-To: <4752827F.20902@gmail.com> References: <4752827F.20902@gmail.com>
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On Dec 2, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Hi, > As has been hashed out in -ports@ over the last few days there is at > least a need to examine weither or not the current ports system should > remain as is or potentially be re-engineered in the future (estimates > if and when needed vary from ASAP to 10-15 years). I have > volunteered to undertake a feasibility/pilot project to examine what > changes (if any) are needed in the system (for the purposes of this > thread I will not venture any of my own suggestions). I have the > following broad questions for people: I already replied to your questions in private but I wonder if you took a look at pkgsrc and the enhancements the OpenBSD people have done the pkg* commands and whether you think borrowing from them would be useful. Cheers, Miguel Mendez mmendez@energyhq.be http://www.energyhq.be PGP Key: 0xDC8514F1
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