Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 13:22:46 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Jeremy Lea <reg@shale.csir.co.za> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) Message-ID: <4.1.19981028132203.00a812a0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <36374BB1.5D25725A@softweyr.com> References: <19981028091347.W20920@freebie.lemis.com> <199810272320.QAA12516@usr04.primenet.com> <19981028092740.A3113@shale.csir.co.za>
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At 09:52 AM 10/28/98 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: >Jeremy Lea wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 11:20:30PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >> > I was thinking in terms of a script (or package) that used the >> > output of "pkg_info -a -q" (or set dependencies) such that the >> > installation was straight-forward, given the commercial vendor's >> > installation media. >> >> Why not just have a new ports category called "commercial"? That way it is >> easy to make sure the software installs on all versions of FreeBSD, etc. and >> that the required dependencies are installed. Obviously this would require >> that FreeBSD, Inc. be supplied with demo copies of all the software :) > >Or just a web or ftp download site. Aren't ports cool? > >Plus, this would save us from going to a 6- or 8-CD distribution, something >I'm certain Jordan doesn't want to contemplate. > >I guess we could make a "FreeBSD Enterprise" distribution, with CD's of >all of the different applications we can support, and put it in one of >those big CD books Sun uses. ;^) > >-- > Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? > >Wes Peters >+1.801.915.2061 >Softweyr LLC >wes@softweyr.com Ah the illustrious Sun Book.. I'm still kinda curious why they gave me the Maint Upgrade 2 when it said it was already installed when I installed Solaris X86. And where's my make world? :) --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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