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Date:      Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:34:36 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@regency.nsu.ru>
Cc:        Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Package system wishlist
Message-ID:  <3D2C9A5C.B5701103@mindspring.com>
References:  <tlambert2@mindspring.com> <200207101459.g6AExQfP034695@cwsys.cwsent.com> <20020710223309.A69788@regency.nsu.ru>

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Are you sure you don't work for Microsoft or Linux?  ;^).

The way "brain-storming" works is to capture all ideas, whether
you agree with them or not.  After you capture all the ideas,
you then switch from "brain-storming" to "collation and analysis".

So it's important to not comment on other people's ideas right
now, but to offer your own.

Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > > o   I want to be able to remove system components, like "sendmail"
> > >     and "OpenSSH".
> >
> > Ideally everything should install as a package, however that would
> 
> Currently, I cannot agree with this.  I had enough head ache in the past
> dealing with packages of "compatibility symlinks", man pages, and so on,
> which seems overly ridiculous to me.  I don't consider this worthwhile.
> Generally, I prefer base as monolithic collection of bits.

It is a prerequisite for:

o	Ability to do binary upgrades of the base system in order to
	automatically (e.g. via cron) obtain, and optionally install,
	security and other fixes.

-- Terry

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