Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 10:21:18 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ports system quality Message-ID: <20110903082118.GA89220@azathoth.lan> In-Reply-To: <201109020949.p829nmla093997@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201109020107.p8217eFJ089679@fire.js.berklix.net> <201109020949.p829nmla093997@fire.js.berklix.net>
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--wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 11:49:48AM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi, > Reference: > > From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>=20 > > Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:07:40 +0200=20 > > Message-id: <201109020107.p8217eFJ089679@fire.js.berklix.net>=20 >=20 > I wrote: > > Microsoft must grin at all us BSD, Linux, maybe Solaris & presumably > > even now http://www.minix3.org free source enthusiasts reinventing > > similar old ports shims for same old 3rd party wheels:.=20 >=20 > FYI: > http://www.minix3.org -> > http://wiki.minix3.org/en/UsersGuide/InstallingBinaryPackages -> > http://pkgin.net/ > " > pkgin is known to work and have been tested under the following platforms= : > * NetBSD 4.0 > * NetBSD 5.{0,1} > * NetBSD current > * DragonFly BSD 2.0 to 2.8 > * DragonFly BSD current > * Solaris 10/SunOS 5.10 > * Opensolaris/SunOS 5.11 > * Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 > * Mac OS X 10.{5,6} > * MINIX 3.1.8 > " >=20 > No /pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/ports-mgmt/pkgin . > I'm not familiar with pkgin, but nice to see OS co-operation. >=20 > Cheers, > Julian pkgin is mostly driven by a single person, I really know well pkgin, becaus= e I ported it to FreeBSD in the past. There are patches from Minix and Dragonfly users, but through mostly things are done by the original author, and to he= lp portability but no much. I have picked up some ideas from pkgin for pkgng and the last version of pk= gin picked up some idea from pkgng. (Me and Emile Heitor - the author of pkgin - discuss and share ideas quite often about pkgin and pkgng) regards, Bapt --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk5h434ACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EzGywCeKhtRQxjwiQVR+IhEXIo/fcZT w/8AoJhDMRbWwimRsVRi2EPMpoxD9H09 =P/pw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wac7ysb48OaltWcw--
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