From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 15 21:02:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA22632 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 21:02:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles2.castles.com [208.214.165.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA22593 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 21:02:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA00786; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 20:57:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804160357.UAA00786@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: sfarrell+lists@farrell.org cc: Peter Jeremy , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package management (was Re: Come on guys, close a PR or two, will ya ?) In-reply-to: Your message of "15 Apr 1998 21:14:51 CDT." <87af9mjyw4.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 20:57:47 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Peter Jeremy writes: > > > On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 19:30:15 +0200 (CEST), Marino Ladavac wrote: > > >I could take a look at it if you don't mind SystemV packaging style. > > Some disadvantages of the SysV package style (or at least Sun's > > implementation thereof): > > > > If we're thinking about replacing the existing package management > > tools, we'd be better off defining exactly what we want the tools > > to do, before porting the package management tools from another OS. > > Umm... why not use RPM? Read the list archives if you want the full story. In short: - the code is GPL'd. - the RPM format doesn't carry enough meta-information. - the files are compressed using gzip, making random access within the archive impossible. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message