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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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