From owner-freebsd-arch Sat Jul 6 15: 5:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A7837B400 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2002 15:05:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scoobysnax.jaded.net (d141-7-230.home.cgocable.net [24.141.7.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D111443E3B for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2002 15:05:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@scoobysnax.jaded.net) Received: from scoobysnax.jaded.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scoobysnax.jaded.net (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g66M5BMH021170 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2002 18:05:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dan@scoobysnax.jaded.net) Received: (from dan@localhost) by scoobysnax.jaded.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g66M5Bs0021169 for arch@freebsd.org; Sat, 6 Jul 2002 18:05:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 18:05:11 -0400 From: Dan Moschuk To: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <20020706220511.GA88651@scoobysnax.jaded.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've been doing some thinking lately about our ports system versus what other systems have adopted and was curious as to what people think on the subject? What does FreeBSD do well? Where can we improve? How does it rate against the umpteen Linux flavours? I'm not sure that this classifies as an architectual discussion (for now) so if you feel its appropriate please feel free to redirect to ports@. Cheers, -Dan -- This signature intentionally left blank. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message