Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:17:11 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rcs Message-ID: <52556567.3090309@mu.org> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bt49PLD9R7Y0KwEkKnWwKMnM-MWKWiCDQwcT8_Or7wPz0YDmQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <77307DF8-637D-4295-BF47-8742F1552CE8@orthanc.ca> <20131008031517.GA31864@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <60177810-8DC4-4EA3-8040-A834B79039D2@orthanc.ca> <52538EDC.2080001@freebsd.org> <52541202.3010707@mu.org> <CA%2Bt49PK2-6UhOpgNUpaP9t7m6a_N7PF8yHaD-QWjLn_=gs1iOg@mail.gmail.com> <1893399957.20131009013424@serebryakov.spb.ru> <CA%2Bt49PLD9R7Y0KwEkKnWwKMnM-MWKWiCDQwcT8_Or7wPz0YDmQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/9/13 1:59 AM, Daniel Nebdal wrote: > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Hello, Daniel. >> You wrote 8 октября 2013 г., 19:40:23: >> >> DN> If they get the package repositories back up - which I assume will >> DN> happen before any official releases from 10 - it should just be "pkg >> DN> install rcs". As challenges go, that doesn't seem too bad? >> Topic starter mentioned, that assumption that everybody has online >> connection is completely wrong! As far as I understand, it was his main >> objection -- they have a lot of offline computers at work (something >> related to Security Theatre by DHS, but who am I to judge them?). >> >> And you again says about "pkg install rcs" which needs internet >> connection! >> >> -- >> // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> >> > > I was answering Alfred Perlsteins claim that FreeBSD is "a chore to > install packages into". I agree that it won't work without an internet > connection (or a local package repository), but that's hardly a > problem limited to FreeBSD. > > Anyway, it seems likely that we'll get OpenRCS in base, hopefully > making everyone happy. > Only a few years ago you could take a dvd or memstick of FreeBSD and have 1000s of packages to choose from during your install. That is broken now? Bummer. -- Alfred Perlstein
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