From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 04:08:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C34C16A4CF for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:08:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay1.mail2web.com (relay1.mail2web.com [168.144.1.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1E5543D41 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:08:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dodell@sitetronics.com) Received: from M2W040.mail2web.com ([168.144.251.146]) by relay1.mail2web.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:08:46 -0500 Message-ID: <119420-22004331712846375@M2W040.mail2web.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Originating-IP: 81.69.92.101 X-URL: http://mail2web.com/ From: "dodell@sitetronics.com" To: manlix@demonized.net, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, dev-null@nuxi.com Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:08:46 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Mar 2004 12:08:46.0072 (UTC) FILETIME=[991C1780:01C40C18] Subject: Re: Pkg-based base system. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: dodell@sitetronics.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:08:47 -0000 And if you would all please note, Colin Percival has implemented this whil= e you were busy whining=2E Please pardon my lack of ``netiquette'' in this post=2E I'm using a web em= ail gateway=2E Sue me if it=20 doesn't wrap=2E David: perhaps you should send your next flame to /dev/null=2E If you can'= t help, don't hinder=2E --Devon Original Message: ----------------- From: Johan Pettersson manlix@demonized=2Enet Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:42:32 +0100 To: freebsd-current@freebsd=2Eorg, dev-null@NUXI=2Ecom Subject: Re: Pkg-based base system=2E On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 03:09:38 -0800 "David O'Brien" wrote: > Johan, >=20 > 1=2E DON'T TOP POST, follow Netiquette (and trim what you quote)=2E > 2=2E WRAP your lines, this is a traditional Unix based list -- lines > less > than 79 characters long, thank you very much > 3=2E Thank you for starting the monthly bikeshed=2E If you don't know h= ow > much a bikeshed this is (or even what a 'bikeshed' is), go read the > archives=2E > 3=2E Sounds like you want Linux with its RPM's, not BSD=2E We conscious= ly > don't wrap the base system in pkg_add tarballs=2E We generally LIKE > the entire system being a single integrated blob=2E Yes, it wraps at 72 characters now=2E And I don't know what a bikeshed is,= never heard of it before=2E I just wanted to start a discussion about a feature that _I_ think would be good=2E Isn't that what the mailinglist is for? Discussion=2E And no, I don't want Linux=2E I like FreeBSD, but wh= y should I have things that I don't use installed? Yes, you can use find(1) as mentioned by someone but it could be simplified=2E I apologize for everything bad this may have caused=2E It wasn't my intention=2E And I apologize for what I wrote in my first post: "This couldn't be too hard to implement=2E :)"=2E It was ironic=2E Notice = the ":)"=2E But I should think twice before writing something like that next time=2E _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd=2Eorg mailing list http://lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd=2Eor= g" -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web=2Ecom/ =2E