From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 20 03:15:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1AF0106564A for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:15:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from gw19.lax01.mailroute.net (lax-gw19.mailroute.net [199.89.0.119]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEED08FC08 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:15:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gw19.lax01.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08EB3140673E; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:08:04 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from gw19.lax01.mailroute.net ([199.89.0.119]) by localhost (gw19.lax01.mailroute.net.mailroute.net [127.0.0.1]) (mroute_mailscanner, port 10026) with LMTP id hUSyJo2XxkBq; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:08:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by gw19.lax01.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BEA31406720; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:08:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E2FC93C33; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:07:58 -0700 (PDT) From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Polytropon References: <20120819213854.50408ec7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120819232754.641a7eb2.freebsd@edvax.de> x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.19.11.16; tzolkin = 10 Cib; haab = 19 Yaxkin Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:07:58 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20120819232754.641a7eb2.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:27:54 +0200") Message-ID: <86k3wuw99t.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: vermaden , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I Can Has Packages? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:15:15 -0000 >>>>> "Polytropon" == Polytropon writes: Polytropon> I just assume providing packages for every imaginable Polytropon> combination requires lots of resources. As an example Polytropon> take OpenOffice: Every language variant, then integration Polytropon> with KDE, Gnome, or none of them, and printing support Polytropon> (I think). That would be many hours of compiling, and Polytropon> lots of storage space needed (note: current _and_ older Polytropon> packages are needed, plus supported architectures). Indeed. Which is why I gave up on packages long ago. Learn. To. Compile. Embrace your local cc. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion