From owner-freebsd-arch  Sat Jul  6 15:36:29 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 6482637B400
	for <arch@freebsd.org>; Sat,  6 Jul 2002 15:36:27 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1634F43E31
	for <arch@freebsd.org>; Sat,  6 Jul 2002 15:36:27 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com)
Received: from pool0570.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.194.60] helo=mindspring.com)
	by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1)
	id 17QyAD-0003l5-00; Sat, 06 Jul 2002 18:36:25 -0400
Message-ID: <3D2770BF.F0C20C15@mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 15:35:43 -0700
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony}  (Win98; U)
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Munish Chopra <mchopra@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Package system flaws?
References: <20020706220511.GA88651@scoobysnax.jaded.net> <20020706221830.GA318@CPE0030ab0ef2bb.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
List-ID: <freebsd-arch.FreeBSD.ORG>
List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive)
List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions)
List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-arch>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-arch>
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

Munish Chopra wrote:
> A while back I heard some 'rumours' (oh boy, rumours...) that FreeBSD
> was either going to switch to OpenPackages or to a new XML-based system.
> This was around the same time jkh posted something on the subject of
> ports or sysinstall or in that direction. In any case, OpenPackages has
> lost wind for now, though I've been told they just need someone to pick
> up the slack and get everyone rolling again.

http://www.FreeBSD.org/projects/updater.html
http://www.advogato.org/proj/binup/
http://www.advogato.org/person/eric/
http://people.freebsd.org/~eric/

aka Eric Melville

-- Terry

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message