From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mon Feb 15 06:29:58 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F60AA8E76 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 06:29:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from royce.williams@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x22a.google.com (mail-ob0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE88C1BD8 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 06:29:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from royce.williams@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ob0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id wb13so199864294obb.1 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 2016 22:29:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=vUODy9/77+g8Kbxoowq5q4zhRgQmAiaI37DcJDqtfL4=; b=lz45lhWYuQZzlBe9FKGc/tmSkblrbjuoWKRCAVbXz6HhjyjlfH70eXdppn+BRuoh3s 2MH8jDfJ7jx9GyYRk1nfOonnC+B1K13ZmSV6AP0JjMOEDySM1NniwrIzvS/8NzMgOROb lX5hnkNgcaOu+VsnwaYmtcJuhZq3X3O9oozj64GWfKFHr2FdW/kAV0WfRLsORd5CeEWP 9XCE51SWjoNcN1+YCAdtTsp/76QQKYnLBgdv3LjrXEDdFgaIXF0mqJ8w4revpOrX426d 734V1dvDRVlgh/v6y5hcMGFYeo9onDiiXkdJxR0Vef/Z+rJEC96FzZpk+I+NQ884f/cZ eIwg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=vUODy9/77+g8Kbxoowq5q4zhRgQmAiaI37DcJDqtfL4=; b=FzamXFMbD4CJvBmkFNc39VjgG7hwMtlSnnSHyQ18Ck4QAezjG2qhB+lRcceCfTyyJW Mrf9xRAtcQ2ru7W7OndCaRPzS90agcLFxbKYKkdOneGC7HY8TaubzfM5A+hQ8WWwm3jP twwUfRt7l3KSN+Ak2gseSYWgGWEypEcMh+d6W5ZTf2GE6wN0Ilh+cHoLhtPfL1dAtOk+ d5eD2xEW3wWyvKnF/o1j0xCY1Rldjc2pKUDfe4rSQa6ZjlM+f2B/MaAFneeiXCycb4ED jsXpMZmtEeLgIrS/WJAMZAXD1XH4w91la1PXGESsM4t28/Q+0qL0DVJ0Sc7a/c2FqoZ1 2ZTg== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQpXXt1T/V3YQIDVh6n81kzCOua4qPE0E4k5A/02KrDDMkXUnT9b5hEVA42bN8aSC63+ifliCRdaydjaA== X-Received: by 10.202.187.11 with SMTP id l11mr10636829oif.55.1455517797380; Sun, 14 Feb 2016 22:29:57 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: royce.williams@gmail.com Received: by 10.202.169.198 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Feb 2016 22:29:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <56BE6161.5000103@marino.st> References: <56BE6161.5000103@marino.st> From: Royce Williams Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 21:29:27 -0900 X-Google-Sender-Auth: --hMnT2XQNLOEFDYNqDyS0L6Xn8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ports/pkg/OS integration 2.0 To: John Marino Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 06:29:58 -0000 On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 1:49 PM, John Marino wrote: > Royce wrote: >> It would be nice to be asked at the point of installing the system >> what kind of software management you want: >> >> [X] Install software from binary packages only >> [ ] Install software from ports only (compiling everything locally) >> [ ] Prefer packages, prompting me when default options change >> [ ] Prefer ports, but use packages if the port options are identical > > I can't tell if you realize that Synth already does this. > well, not the first one because if a person used binary packages *only* > then Synth has nothing to do. > > But there is definitely an option to use official FreeBSD packages > instead of building when they are "suitable" which includes identical > build options. > > So anyway, this wish is already here. That is pretty cool -- I will check it out. And this seemed topical (ignore the glitz, but the text is worthwhile): https://medium.com/@sdboyer/so-you-want-to-write-a-package-manager-4ae9c17d9527 Royce