Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:57:42 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Dan Moschuk <dan@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <200207111657.g6BGvg7B071735@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: Cyrille Lefevre's message of Jul 11, 2:51am
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> From: Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net> > Date: Thu 11 Jul, 2002 > Subject: Re: Package system flaws? > > IMHO, it would be better to provide each sub-package as it's own rather > > to put them all in a single archive. so, you have more granularity on > > what to download. if I just want tar-core and tar-man, I don't have to > > fill my disk w/ tar-doc, etc. My examples did show the parts stored seperately, but mentioned bindling them in a single archive as an option. Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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