Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 17:27:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu>, andreas@klemm.gtn.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970802171922.21995A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <15386.870546758@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Once you start with TCL, it will *not* stop there - I can only > assure you of that. Perl will follow immediately behind, as > will much other stuff (yes perl fans, there are many out there > who consider your favorite utility language an evil, bloated > monster which should not be bundled with FreeBSD at all). What > we have now is a rough state of Meta-ports!! Their time has come! Not only could meta-packages answer bloatist concerns that "an installed FreeBSD system is useless unless one adds 1001 extra packages", but they could provide increased flexibility. I believe bsd.port.mk could support meta-packages right now, but I think some extra mods to it could make the whole thing work quite well indeed. [meta-ports, for those who have forgotten, are just normal ports, but whose only purpose is to build other ports.] -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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