Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 08:45:20 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: "wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl" <wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl> Cc: mtaylor@gateway.cybernet.com (Mark J. Taylor), hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: httpd as part of the system. Message-ID: <25886.796149920@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Mar 95 13:18:30 %2B0100." <199503251218.NAA04823@nietzsche>
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We could retain the "catagory" information from the /usr/ports hierarchy somehow; that already groups ports pretty well.. Hey, Marc, speaking of which: You ever going to send me an update to pkg_manage? :-) Jordan > > > > Question: > > Should there be the concept of meta-packages? Ones which are just a > > collection of other packages, that is. If this was done, then there could > > be the 'super network' meta pack, and the 'security' meta pack, etc. > > Or should there just be some sort of menu listing each package > > individually, and let the sysadmin select them out? > > How about a combination of the two, where the contents of the meta-package > > are displayed, and the sysadmin has the option to install > > anything/everything in the group? > > > I like this idea and it can be easily accomplished by grouping the > packages in directories. > > Marc. >
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